Dushanbe, Tajikistan 1-2 June, 2010 β In 2002, the village of Dasht, located in the Pamirs of Tajikistan was completely destroyed by a glacial lake outburst flood, leaving dozens of residents of the village dead and hundreds homeless. In response to this disaster, joint European-Tajik scientific studies were conducted in 2005 and 2010. These studies have identified tens of thousands of people living throughout the isolated mountainous regions of Tajikistan that are exposed to similar climate-related hazards.
In order to reduce the risk of such communities to these hazards, Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS), an affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network, in collaboration with the Government of Tajikistan, and with funding provided by UKaid from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), implemented a glacial lake outburst flood risk reduction project.
via General News: Climate Resilience Workshop in Tajikistan.
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