In this interview with PreventionWeb, Ali Babalifashki, Desert Locust Information Officer at the Plant Protection Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, shares insights from the field on managing locust risks and protecting vulnerable communities.
By making rare and complex events easier to visualise, this case study from France shows how tools that combine virtual reality and special effects improve public understanding and dialogue on flood risk.
In this instalment in the Careers in Resilience series, PreventionWeb interviewed Susan, reflecting on her career and exploring what it takes to support better decision-making in the face of uncertainty.
Maëlle Calandra, a disaster anthropologist and a research fellow was interviewed by PreventionWeb to find out how disasters on the island of Tongoa and the socio-cultural realities of its people interact in such a hazard-prone area.
Julien Calas, a teacher of French, was interviewed by PreventionWeb to find out how his work is educating pupils about climate change and giving them the confidence to take on today's challenges.
The frontier of earthquake engineering has shifted towards the provision of resilience. This means design approaches are being developed to help limit loss of function and help restore function rapidly in key infrastructure in the case of an earthquake.
PreventionWeb spoke with Cordi Craig, Prescribed Fire Program Manager at Placer Resource Conservation District, to learn how her role is helping communities in California build resilience to the ever-growing threat of wildfires.
An inclusive evacuation exercise took place in October 2023, organized by the European Center for Forest Fires, the General Secretariat of Civil Protection, and the National Confederation of Persons with Disabilities. PW interviewed the key stakeholders.
In 2019, Retno initiated the idea to develop a disaster knowledge management platform that combines risk profiles and the distribution of knowledge products across Indonesia.
Tavida Kamolvej is is the Deputy Governor of Bangkok. She worked for 20+ years as a disaster specialist, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at Thammasat University and is a well-known Thai public policy professional.
