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A declaration of the Leaders of APEC, gathered in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, October 24-26, 2010, during the "XII Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno del Mecanismo de Dialogo y Concertacion de Tuxtla", in which they "emphasise the importance of

Towards a regional platform for their financial and institutional sustainability:

This report describes the background for the flood early warning systems (Flood EWS) in the Central American Isthmus and the Dominican Republic, commenced in 1995, and

This document reviews how Nicaragua has recovered from Hurricane Mitch over the past ten years. The focus is on how relevant the assumptions and claims that were made in the initial recovery planning have been in light of subsequent development.

This fact sheet presents a project of an early warning system integration in Nicaragua.

This fact sheet presents Welthungerhilfe disaster risk reduction programms in India, Kenya, Peru, Nicaragua and Tajikistan.

In Spanish:

El Plan Nacional de Respuesta ante Desastres en Nicaragua (PNRDN) es parte del proceso de planeamiento estratégico del Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, Mitigación y Atención de Desastres, (SNPMAD) bajo la coordinación de su Secretaría

In Spanish:

LEY No. 337, Aprobada el 8 de Marzo del 2000. Publicado en La Gaceta No. 70 del 7 de Abril del 2000.

La presente Ley tiene por objeto establecer los principios, normas, disposiciones e instrumentos generales necesarios para crear y permitir

As one of the five objectives of this strategy, IDB focuses on the institutional management for natural disaster prevention, considering that the development challenge facing Nicaragua is to build the country’s capacity for environmental sustainability

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