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Environment disasters
It is a catastrophic event regarding the environment due to human activity. This distinguishes its form the concept of a natural disaster. Degradation, and resource depletion the conservation movement lobbies for protection of endengered species and protection of any ecologically valuable natural areas, Climate disasters are on the rise around 70 percentage of disasters are now climate relates -up from around 50 percent from two decades ago. These disasters take a heavier human toll and come with a higher price tag. In the last decade, 2.4 million peoples were affected by million in the previous decade. The cost of responding to disasters has risen then tenfold between 1992 and 2008. Destructive sudden heavy rains, intense tropical stroms, repeated flooding, and draughts are likely to increase, as will the vulnerability of local community in the absence of strong concerted action
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