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IDRC photo: Peter Bennett

IDRC-supported research in Indonesia addresses urban and rural environmental challenges, post-tsunami reconstruction, the use of information and communication technologies for development, the sustainable management of forests, as well as the environmental determinants of avian influenza.

 

In the aftermath of the December 2004 tsunami, the Government of Indonesia, international donors, and civil society organizations converged on the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra. The experience was similar in Sri Lanka and an IDRC research partner in that country is now coordinating a study of how this aid exacerbated or alleviated existing conflicts in both countries.

 

In Indonesia, the disaster eventually led to the August 2005 signing of a peace agreement between the government and the Free Aceh movement.

Document(s) 6 of 7