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Australia
Australia helps Fiji prepare for natural disasters
26 Jan 2012, Fiji Times
The article describes Australia's work with the Fiji National Disaster Management Office and the Fiji Council of Churches to help make local communities more resilient and better prepared for natural disasters...
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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) - Website:http://www.dfat.gov.au/
- Contact:Director of Environment & Climate Change
- Phone:+61 262613516
Hyogo Framework for Action
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- Australia: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2009-2011) 2010, Attorney General’s Dept, Australia - gov
- Australia: National strategy for disaster resilience2011, AEMC, Australia - gov
- Australia: Disaster management act 2003 - Queensland2003, Queensland Gov, Australia - gov
- Queensland coastal plan2011, Queensland Gov, Australia - gov
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- Australia: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2011)2011, Australia - gov
- Australia: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)2009, AusAid, Australia - gov
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 1992 | 7,000,000 |  |
| Extreme temp. | 1993 | 3,000,500 | |
| Storm | 1994 | 2,500,104 | |
| Extreme temp. | 1994 | 1,000,034 | |
| Extreme temp. | 1995 | 500,100 | |
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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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Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 25,984 |      |
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| Drought | 2,166,800 |  |
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| Flood | 7,913 |  |
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| Landslide | 352 |  |
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| Earthquake | 103,860 |     |
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| Tsunami | 14,855 |  |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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- 7th annual water symposium24 Feb 2012, Australia (Sydney)
- Emergency management summer institute12-16 Mar 2012, New Zealand (Wellington)
- Workshop on climate change governance in the Asia-Pacific region: agency, accountability and adaptiveness14-16 Mar 2012, Australia (Canberra)
- Public safety (Emergency Management)EMA, Australia (Victoria)
- Emergency ManagementEMA, Australia (Victoria.)
- Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management (Emergency Health)Monash University, Australia (Frankston (off campus).)
Climate: observations, projections and impacts2011, Met Office, United Kingdom - gov
The critical decade: climate change and health2011, Climate Commission
- BBC interviews Margareta Wahlström on disaster reduction2011, BBC
- e-lecture on 'Disaster risk reduction and the structural engineer'2010, Monash University
- Consultant - Disaster risk reduction education - Technical writer, education resources & training materialVanuatu (Port Vila), Save the Children AUS
- Head of technical servicesAustralia (Melbourne, Victoria), Save the Children AUS
- Environmental specialistFiji (Suva), WHO
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.