Preparedness

This report examines how national legal frameworks and international cooperation can help prevent future zoonotic pandemics, with a particular focus on the role of wildlife trade in the emergence and spread of infectious diseases.

The Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill, organised by the Southeast Asian country's Office of Civil Defense, aims to brace the population with better coordination, preparedness and resilience.

FAO and partners trained over 150 veterinarians, park rangers, park guides, and porters to strengthen their capacities in Ebola Virus Disease preparedness and response.

Barbuda has moved a step closer to achieving internationally recognized Tsunami Ready status after successfully completing a three-day exercise focused on disaster preparedness, public education, and emergency response.

This paper presents an expert commentary on lessons learned across five dimensions: governance, community engagement, technical assessment tools, professional mobilization, and urban reconstruction.

This guidance on heat–health action plans (HHAPs) supports countries in developing, strengthening and implementing such plans at national, regional and local levels.

A Stanford-led study based on two decades of satellite data finds California could cut deadly pollution from wildfire smoke by 20% in active fire years by expanding use of prescribed fire in conifer forests each year.