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Madagascar
Disaster awareness project on the South East coast of Madagascar: Preparation for cyclones, tsunamis and flood
4 Mar 2010, AGEF
The German non-governmental organization AGEF is working with Madagascan authorities on a new project entitled 'Disaster prevention for the coastal regions in South-Eastern Madagascar' to help build the capacity of four municipalities of the district of Manakara to disasters...
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- National Platform Focal Point:
Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et des Catastrophes (BNGRC) - Website:http://bngrc.ifrance.com
- Contact:Executive Secretary
- Phone:+261 320228802 +261 202259450
- HFA Focal Point:
Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et des Catastrophes (BNGRC) - Website:http://bngrc.ifrance.com
- Contact:Executive Secretary
- Phone:+261 320228802 +261 202259450
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
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- Madagascar: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)2009, Madagascar - gov
- Other Development Reports
- Madagascar: Common country assessment - CCA (2003)2003, UNDG
- Madagascar: Poverty reduction strategy paper - PRSP (2009)2009, IMF; Madagascar - gov; WB
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 1,885,541 |      |
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| Drought | 822,997 |  |
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| Flood | 28,556 |  |
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| Landslide | 2,416 |  |
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| Earthquake | 2,121 |     |
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| Tsunami | 0 |  |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 1981 | 1,000,000 |  |
| Storm | 2004 | 988,139 | |
| Drought | 1988 | 950,000 | |
| Storm | 2000 | 736,937 | |
| Storm | 1997 | 600,000 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Risk in situ: crisis and risk reduction2007, EPFL; GIAN; UNISDR; UNIGE
- Status report on disaster risk reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa, preliminary version, June 20092009, AU; UNISDR - AF; WB
- Towards a culture of prevention: disaster risk reduction begins at school, good practices and lessons learned2007, UNISDR
- Social scientist, climate changeKenya (Nairobi), ICRAF
- Internship vacancy with UNISDRKenya (Nairobi), UNISDR
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