DCMC Tsunami Response

The DC Marine Community initiated a focused stream of meetings to discuss planned and potential responses to the recent Indian Ocean tsunami. These meetings are a first step in improving communication and increasing collaborative tsunami recovery efforts within DC-based organizations. To help catalogue early information, IUCN is hosting a web-based clearing house of tsunami related information, focused mainly on impacts, assessment and recovery of marine and coastal areas. Furthermore, IUCN has created a more formal "Tsunami Response" website with a comprehensive summary of IUCN's response activities (http://www.iucn.org/tsunami)

Upcoming meetings:

To be announced

Past Meetings:

February 10, 2005: Post-tsunami Rapid Assessment of Mangroves

• Report of the meeting (PDF File - 40 KB)

January 28, 2005: Bridging the gap between conservation and aid organizations

• Meeting summary and proposed actions items (PDF File - 49 KB).
• Thoughts from Tundi Agardy (PDF File - 14 KB)
• UNEP Asian Tsunami Disaster Task Force: Situation Report 5, 27 January 2005 (PDF FILE - 695 KB)
• Further information regarding USAID's Global Development Alliance.
• **DRAFT** guidelines for "Incorporating Environment Conservation into Post-tsunami Relief and Development (PDF FILE - 25 KB)" compiled by Connie Chubb

January 21st, 2005: Tsunami response discussion with ICRAN/ICRI members, hosted by Richard Kenchington

• DCMC/ICRAN/ICRI Tsunami Meeting Notes

January 6, 2005: Initial DCMC Tsunami meeting

• DCMC Tsunami Meeting Notes