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Brazil wants Japanese assistance in disaster prevention
6 Feb 2012, UNOOSA
UN-SPIDER reports that Brazil wants Japan's assistance to set up a National System for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters. The Brazilian government is developing and providing the use of satellite images to predict possible storms and atmospheric phenomena...
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Ministry for National Integration - Website:
- Contact:National Secretary of Civil Defense
- Phone:+55 61 34145805
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- Brazil: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2009-2011) 2010, SEDEC, Brazil - gov
- Brazil: National policy on climate change (2009)2009, Brazil - gov
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- Brazil: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2011)2011, Brazil - gov
- Joint statement issued at the conclusion of the 6th BASIC ministerial meeting on climate change2011, Brazil - gov; China - gov; India - gov; South Africa - gov
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Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 23,573 |      |
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| Drought | 8,484,900 |  |
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| Flood | 265,260 |  |
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| Landslide | 16,146 |  |
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| Earthquake | 3,617 |     |
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| Tsunami |  |
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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 | 1983 | 20,000,000 |  |
| Drought | 1998 | 10,000,000 | |
| Flood | 1988 | 3,020,734 | |
| Flood | 1983 | 3,008,300 | |
| Flood | 2008 | 1,500,015 | |
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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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- UN conference on sustainable development UNCSD 2012 - Rio+20 earth summit20-24 Jun 2012, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- Planet 2: forest conservation - Portuguese2001, ACCU
- Planet 1 - Water Pollution - Portuguese1999, ACCU
Climate: observations, projections and impacts2011, Met Office, United Kingdom - gov
Preventive resettlement of populations at risk of disaster: experiences from Latin America2011, GFDRR; WB
- Disaster risk management senior specialistUnited States of America (Washington, DC), IDB
- Senior community development delegateHaiti (Carrefour Feuilles, Port au Prince), ARC
Neighbouring Countries
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