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Indian Ocean Region: Environmental Issues

This LibGuide is a resource for identifying books, articles, and primary source documents relating to the Indian Ocean region, and highlights, in particular, strategic considerations of key players, regional cooperative efforts and environmental issues.

Fisheries/Wildlife

Tsunami, December 2004

Assessing Vulnerability Before, During and After a Natural Disaster in Fragile Regions: Case Study of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in Sri Lanka and Indonesia
Jörn Birkmann, May 2008, United Nations University
CIAO Focus, January 2005: Indian Ocean Disaster
Columbia International Affairs Online database
Indian Ocean Disaster
Australian Government site; background information and related links
Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Operations
CRS report, RL32715, updated 21 March 2005
Indian Ocean--Earthquake and Tsunamis: Fact Sheet #25, Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Scientific Background on the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
Tsunami Response: Lessons Learned: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Nineth [sic] Congress, first session, February 10, 2005
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Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Nineth [sic] Congress, first session, February 10, 2005
Waves of Hope: the U.S. Navy's Response to the Tsunami in Northern Indonesia
Newport Paper no. 28 by Prof. Bruce A. Elleman, Naval War College, 2007

Climate Change

Development

2012 Index of Economic Freedom
Five-year Review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States - Report of the Secretary-General
Report by the United Nations, 2010
Freedom in the World 2012
Human Development Report 2011: Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All
Migration, Development and Natural Disasters: Insights from the Indian Ocean Tsunami
On the Move: Migration Challenges in the Indian Ocean Littoral
Report from the Stimson Center, 5 May 2010
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Republic of Maldives National Assessment Report II
Report from the Ministry of Housing, Transport and Environment, Maldives, 2010
Sustainable Eco-development of Kampong Baharu: A Policy Perspective
Report on sustainable eco-development in a Malaysian area, 2009
Trafficking in Persons Report
U.S. Department of State. See, in particular, country narratives.

Energy

Asian Energy Security: Regional Cooperation in the Malacca Strait
Andrew Forbes, ed., Sea Power Centre-Australia, Dept. of Defence, 2008
Energy Security and the Indian Ocean Region
Energy Statistics of Non-OECD Countries
International Energy Agency
International Petroleum Encyclopedia (2010)
Iran's Nuclear Program (LibGuide)
Madagascar & Western Indian Ocean Programme: Energy Program: Environment Synergy in South-West Madagascar
U.S. Energy Information Association
World Energy Outlook
World Pipelines: Maps

Natural (and Man-Made) Disasters

Bhopal (Union Carbide) Disaster: The Incident, Response, and Settlement
Bhopal (India) Information Centre
Building Back Better for Next Time
2010 report
Disasters in Asia: The Case for Legal Preparedness
Empowering Communities To Prepare for Cyclones: A Case Study from Bangladesh
Report from the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, 2010
Pakistan Floods: Preventing Future Catastrophic Flood Disasters
Report by the Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction, 2010
SAARC Workshop on Landslide Risk Management in South Asia
Report by SAARC (South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation) Disaster Management Centre, 2010
Views from the Frontline - Country Report: Indonesia
Report from YAKKUM Emergency Unit, 2010
U.S. and Pakistan Sign Earthquake Reconstruction Support Agreement in Muzaffarabad