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Mapping tsunami impacts on land cover and related ecosystem service supply in Phang Nga, Thailand

Kaiser, G.Burkhard, B.Römer, H.Sangkaew, R.Graterol, R.Haitook, T.Sakuna-Schwartz, D.
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami caused damages to coastal ecosystems and thus affected the livelihoods of the coastal communities who depend on services...
Large mammal populations theoretically are best conserved in landscapes where large protected areas are surrounded by buffer zones, connected by corri...
An earthquake with an epicenter in the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia sparked a chain of injurious tsunamis along the shoreline bordering the Indian...

Title: Floods and human health: A systematic review

Alderman, K., Turner, L. R., & Tong, S.
Floods are the most common type of disaster globally, responsible for almost 53,000 deaths the last decade alone (23:1 low- versus high-income countri...
Beach forests are important ecological zones in many coastal regions. Many are under increasing anthropogenic and natural stress. Beach forest changes...
Uncontrollable forest fires in Indonesia have caused much environmental damage in Southeast Asia with immediate countries such as Singapore, Malaysia,...
The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 caused widespread damage to Southern Thailand. The Moklen, an ethnic minority group of Sea Gypsies living in the area...
Homes, health infrastructure, and other essential services have been decimated in areas hit by Super Typhoon Haiyan, leaving millions of survivors vul...

Links between Indo-Pacific climate variability and drought in the Monsoon Asia Drought Atlas

Ummenhofer, C.C.D’Arrigo, R.D.Anchukaitis, K.J.Buckley, B. M.Cook, E. R.
Drought patterns across monsoon and temperate Asia over the period 1877–2005 are linked to Indo-Pacific climate variability associated with the El N...
The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 was a disaster of unparalleled proportions, devastating the lives and livelihoods of millions of people across 14 cou...

Continental-Scale Partitioning of Fire Emissions During the 1997 to 2001 El Niño/La Niña Period

van der Werf, G. R.Randerson, J. T.Collatz, G. J.Giglio, L.Kasibhatla, P. S.
During the 1997 to 1998 El Niño, drought conditions triggered widespread increases in fire activity, releasing CH4 and CO2 to the atmosphere. We eval...
This paper focuses on the adaptation strategies of developing countries and the possible adaptation options available for Southeast Asia. Adaptation r...
Southeast Asia is one of the world’s fastest growing regions in terms of population and urban growth. Scientific assessment indicates that the coast...
The Philippines is a disaster-prone country,1 ranked as the second highest country worldwide at risk of natural disasters. 2 On 8 November 2013, Typho...
The cyclone Nargis devastated the Ayeyarwady delta area of Myanmar on May 2, 2008. Although the government agencies, local and international NGOs and ...
Transnational and non-state threats including international organized crime, terrorism, illicit trafficking (in drugs, wildlife, humans, arms, etc.), ...