It is time for policies making ecological integrity supplant environmental devastation.

4. As a result, millions of people are fleeing from wars, famines, environmental devastation and natural disasters.

Throughout the world, refugees from the effects of environmental devastation and depletion place an added burden on already hard pressed urban areas.

I see the humanitarian devastation.

The devastation round this island.

UNDP launched comprehensive initiatives in Bangladesh and Viet Nam to build capacity and forge consensus for disaster reduction related to floods and other environmental devastation.

The first concerned the environmental devastation that he could observe including the retreat of glaciers and the loss of land cover as he flew from Bhutan to India.

Mongol conquistadors. The devastation that swept across

They don't have to do global devastation.

Aware of the devastation and the challenges,

Dominica has had its share of hurricane devastation.

threatening peaceful inhabitants and causing pillage and devastation.

Twitter user JUN took this photo of the devastation.

The experience of Niue was discussed by the panel as a case of major economic and environmental devastation caused in January 2004 by cyclone Heta, the largest cyclone ever recorded in the Pacific.

Tsunami devastation in Sendai's Wakabayashi district, Japan, 14 March, 2011.

Japan is the only country to have suffered nuclear devastation.

The alternative to peace and reconciliation is war and devastation.

The industrialized countries of the world, which have disproportionately contributed to the environmental devastation that has occurred over the past 200 years, must take seriously their responsibility to contribute to the Global Environment Facility.

Convinced that every effort should be made to avoid nuclear devastation,

Fear and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.

They have also wreaked devastation on the economies of affected States.

Many carry the burden of recent devastation and continuing ethnic strife.

Many nations bear the burden of recent devastation and ethnic strife.

Creating jobs to address poverty and strengthen democratic governance in the least developed countries is beneficial to the most developed countries, because social instability and environmental devastation will increase illegal immigration, in turn increasing global stability.

We can also see the devastation and destruction caused by natural disasters.

The frequency and recurring devastation of natural disasters gravely concerns civil society.

The earthquake caused massive devastation, with most buildings crumbled, including Haiti's presidential palace.

The devastation caused by natural disasters affects all countries, rich and poor alike.

No region today is totally immune to natural disasters or man made devastation.

Can the cycle of deprivation, conflict, devastation and failure to develop be broken?

The Serbian war machine continues implacably along its route of death and devastation.

The world cannot watch with folded hands the suffering and devastation of Afghanistan.

It was just in July this year that our sister CARICOM nation of Grenada again suffered serious devastation, caused by Hurricane Emily, on the back of last year's devastation brought by Hurricane Ivan.

Noting the enormous efforts required to alleviate the devastation caused by this natural disaster,

However, with the devastation caused by the tsunami, our situation has become very dire.

Noting that the updated report on the environmental effects of the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait UNEP GC.17 Inf.9. is not satisfactory and does not fully reflect the real devastation and damages to the environment in the region,

The devastation in Lebanon will take generations to repair, not only materially, but also psychologically.

Clearly, the combination of storm surges and large waves causes major devastation in coastal areas.

It took the devastation of Hurricane Sandy to get the president to mention climate change.

The river was used to flood the city's walls, causing massive devastation to the city.

Sixty summers have passed since Hiroshima and Nagasaki suffered the indescribable horrors of nuclear devastation.

The devastation was of great magnitude and resulted in unprecedented loss of life and destruction.

The devastation that could be caused by so called low yield nuclear weapons is unimaginable.

Parties to armed conflict have a duty to protect civilians from the devastation of war.

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