Q&A: Will GEM make earthquake risk more manageable?
As International Day for Disaster Reduction nears, Rui Pinho, who leads the Global Earthquake Model, talks to SciDev.Net.
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Rebuilding and prevention in tsunami-hit areas
Protecting against the risk of shifting ground and replanting mangrove forests are some of the tasks ahead for tsunami-hit areas, reports Richard Stone.
Source: Science
The right way to rebuild Asia's coastal barrier
Mangrove replanting schemes in the tsunami-hit countries of the Indian Ocean are struggling to get it right, reports Marilyn Smith.
12 January 2006 | EN
After the quake: Pakistan upgrades seismic network
Nizamuddin Siddiqui reports on efforts to improve Pakistan's ability to detect and study earthquakes.
20 December 2005 | EN
Under threat: Asian mangrove replanting schemes
Efforts to restore the mangrove ‘bioshield’ around Indian Ocean coasts are facing challenges from shrimp farming and a lack of local support, writes Erika Check.
Source: Nature
16 December 2005 | EN
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Natural disasters: more to come?
Quinrin Schiermeier writes about the world's growing vulnerability to natural disasters like the 2004 tsunami and the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan.
Source: Nature
15 December 2005 | EN
Tsunami warning system begins to take shape
Richard Stone and Richard A. Kerr report on how the Indian Ocean tsunami warning system is gradually taking shape.
Source: Science
9 December 2005 | EN
