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Guatemala
Guatemala: Gender equity and disaster risk reduction
18 Feb 2010, Guatamalan Times, the
A second regional meeting, organized by CEPREDENAC and sponsored by the Disaster Prevention Fund, Spain and SICA, was held this week in Guatemala City, with the aim of building an agenda for ethnic and gender equity in disaster risk reduction in Central America...
National Platform
- HFA Focal Point:
Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres (CONRED) - Website:http://www.conred.org
- Contact:Secretario Ejecutivo
- Phone:+502 23854144 ext.1101 +502 23321189
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- Guatemala: National Report on the implementation of the HFA (2007)2007, Guatemala - gov
- Guatemala: National Report in preparation for WCDR (2004)2004, Guatemala - gov
- Other Development Reports
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 2,969 |      |
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| Drought | 310 |  |
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| Flood | 15,083 |  |
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| Landslide | 48,698 |  |
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| Earthquake | 2,613,552 |     |
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| Tsunami | 70,566 |  |
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storm | 2005 | 475,314 |  |
| Flood | 2008 | 180,000 | |
| Drought | 2001 | 113,596 | |
| Storm | 1998 | 105,700 | |
| Flood | 2002 | 98,740 | |
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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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- IFRC series promoting community-based disaster risk reduction activities2006, IFRC; ProVention Consortium
- Better forecast than regret! Floods cannot be avoided. Together we can mitigate damages.OAS
- Kumatzin - Let's learn to cope with disastersCruz Roja Guatemalteca
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- 2°C is too much! WWF adaptation case studies for responding to climate change impacts2009, WWF
- Data against natural disasters: establishing effective systems for relief, recovery and reconstruction2008, WB
- Addressing the humanitarian consequences of climate change: Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre annual report 20062006, IFRC
- Vice president, climate change 10060United States of America , WWF
- Finance and administration expertHaiti (Port-au-Prince), Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe
- Country representative - HaitiHaiti (Haiti), ARC
Neighbouring Countries
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.