chapters on all the affected countries, including

Thailand

Two national workshops have been completed on

the implementation of the guiding principles for

post tsunami rehabilitation and construction in

coastal zones.

Sub regional dialogues on rehabilitation and

recovery activities were organized to re assess local

priority needs and further develop effective

implementation mechanisms.

Initial studies on economic loss of environmental

damaged caused by the tsunami were conducted

in Trang, Krabi and Phang Nga and Ranong.

Training and a workshop on GIS database develop 

ment and mapping capacity were successfully

conducted and the second training on Remote

Sensing and ground truth exercise is planned for

early January 2006.

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