Developing drought preparedness for environmental refugees

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends developing comprehensive drought preparedness and drought-relief schemes, including self-help arrangements, for drought-prone areas; and designing programmes to cope with environmental refugees.

1. Undertaking pre-disaster planning
2. Improving drought relief measures
3. Combating drought
4. Combating desertification
5. Addressing problems of forced relocation of peasants onto marginal lands

1. Training decision makers to make effective use of early warning systems
2. Tackling food deficiencies caused by production shortfalls
3. Strengthening research on drought forecasting
4. Strengthening interdisciplinary research on drought prevention strategies
5. Providing special extension services in areas prone to drought
6. Providing short-term rural employment for drought affected families
7. Monitoring desertification
8. Managing drylands
9. Improving seasonal forecasts to strengthen drought prevention
10. Improving capacity for crop planning
11. Expanding international programmes for mitigating effects of drought
12. Establishing international capacity for responding quickly to drought related emergencies
13. Developing national early warning systems for food
14. Developing early warning disaster systems
15. Creating national environmental warning systems

1. Drought

1. Unpreparedness
2. Relief
3. Refugee
4. Preparedness

1. Agenda 21