Project Activities

The RECLAIM project’s 1st regional training course was held in Bangkok, Thailand in September 2004 and country partners from all the 6 target countries presented the country reports highlighting the growing risk and vulnerability in landslide prone mountain areas. As per the records presented at the meeting there is more and more evidence that frequent extreme weather, increased development activities, population growth contribute to increased vulnerability creating a more unfavourable situation in the years to come.

The International seminar and the 2nd Regional Training Course were held in held in Colombo and Bandarawela, Sri Lanka respectively in June 2005. Presenters in both events from the target countries have highlighted the urgent need to implement practical solutions for mitigation of growing landslide risk.  The larger landslide risks in the target counties, as well as in many other developing counties, is due to a number of factors. The most important one is the increased vulnerability of population living in prone areas, in terms livelihood of inhabitants, its buildings and its land use, lack of resources for planning and mitigation actions and lack of knowledge to make correct and timely decisions.