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Uruguay: Manejo de riesgos ante catástrofes naturales
10 Nov 2011, El Acontecer
El Acontecer informó que el Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA) y el Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) lanzaron una Guía Técnica que permitirá el acceso de los agricultores más pobres a los servicios financieros que les permitirán afrontar mejor el impacto de los desastres naturales....
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Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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| Cyclone |  |
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| Drought | 112,546 |  |
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| Flood | 13,000 |  |
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| Landslide | 34 |  |
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| Earthquake | |
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 2007 | 119,200 |  |
| Flood | 2009 | 22,000 | |
| Flood | 1986 | 18,500 | |
| Flood | 1998 | 9,300 | |
| Flood | 2000 | 5,000 | |
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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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La economía del cambio climático en el Uruguay2010, ECLAC
Climate sense2009, WMO
- Disaster risk management senior specialistUnited States of America (Washington, DC), IDB
- Senior community development delegateHaiti (Carrefour Feuilles, Port au Prince), ARC
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