8. Calls upon the international community to assist in conducting critical assessments of the environmental impacts of the tsunami-affected areas, drought and flood-affected areas and of toxic and other wastes, and in putting into place aggressive programmes focusing on short-, medium- and long-term measures in the areas of institutional development, development of policy and legislation, land use and soil management, marine and coastal ecosystem management and disaster management (prevention, preparedness, assessment, response and mitigation);
8. 吁请国际社会帮助对海啸灾区和洪、旱灾区的环境影响及有毒废物和其它废物的环境影响作出审慎的评估，帮助在下列领域实施注重短、中、长期措施的进取性方案：体制发展、制定政策及立法、土地使用和土壤管理、海洋和沿海生态系统管理及灾害管理（防灾、备灾、灾害评估、救灾和减灾）；