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Contents
GRID-Arendal
Annual Report 2002
3
Section
1 Annual report
Annual highlights
Report from the Board
The Board
Financial statement
Auditor’s report
6 8 10 12 15 2 Program report Key UNEP Polar Center Capacity Building Web & Information Nordic/Baltic Global Virtual University (GVU) 18 22 26 30 31 3 Management report
About GRID-Arendal
Mission statements
Staff
Outlook 2003
Network
34 35 36 38 39 Source:TheOfficeofU.S.ForeignDisasterAssistance (OFDA),TheCentre forResearchon theEpidemiology ofDisasters (CRED), InternationalDisasterDatabase, www.cred.be/emdat,UniversitéCatholiquedeLouvain,
Brussel,Belgium.People affected by Natural Disasters during the period 1971-2001
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Arendal
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JUNE2002
DELPHINEDIGOUT
BASEDONASKETCHBYPHILIPPEREKACEWICZ
MillionsofPeople affected
Ethiopia: 57
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Drought
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Famine
Flood
On the cover:
Vital Climate Graphics for Africa:
People affected by Natural Disasters
1971-2000, “Flood”.
www.grida.no/climate/vitalafrica/english/08.htmThis report was printed by
Birkeland Trykkeri AS in Norway
on Cyclus Offset recycled paper.