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International Disaster and Risk Conference

from thoughts to action
Davos, Switzerland August 2008 

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ProAct News

Latest information from the ProAct Network.

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Strategic environmental assessments - helping shape a sustainable future for Liberia's forests and people dependent of forest products.

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Consultations are a fundamental part of engaging with
communities on all environmental activities.

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Urgently needed! Early warning systems for vulnerable coastal communities.

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Simple messages in schools for refugees create a happy atmosphere and help create early awareness of environmental management.

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Counting the costs of natural hazards; social, economic and environmental.

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Community consultation - an essential starting point for environmental management.

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Post-conflict displacement - rebuilding a livelihood.

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Disaster Waste Management Assessment, South Ossetia, Georgia

Managing waste in post-conflict situations – opportunities for peace building

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Mission Statement
The ProAct Network - a not for profit international network of environmental professionals and partners - promotes environmental security and climate change solutions through sound environmental management. Its ultimate objective is to reduce disaster vulnerability and to help minimise the impact of disasters on communities as well as to help ensure that neither peoples' livelihoods nor the environment are unnecessarily impaired during disaster recovery and rehabilitation.

 

 
Our Expertise
Key thematic areas of the ProAct Network include:

  • Environmental management and rehabilitation related to population displacement following natural disasters, conflict and/or migration caused by environmental change.

  • Adaptation to climate change and promotion of policies and action plans for reduced carbon footprints.

  • Disaster risk reduction and environmental disaster response.

  • Conflict prevention and resolution with regards access to and use of natural resources.


These core activities are supported, when appropriate, through a number of cross-cutting services, which include:

  • Environmental assessment, monitoring and evaluation.

  • Development of environmental demonstration projects through community-based partnerships.

  • Training and capacity building, focused on national and international organisations, including support for the development of local environmental non-governmental organisations.

  • Policy research and development including tools and guidance.

  • Knowledge management services including dissemination of lessons learned, publications and information updates, workshops and webcasts.