Haiyan Resettlement Stalled Over No-Build Zones

In the weeks after super typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda devastated the central Philippine islands of Samar, Leyte and Cebu last November, the country’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources declared a “40-meter no-build zone” along the coastlines of Eastern Samar and Leyte, two of the worst-hit areas, to forestall the damage of monstrous waves that ba…