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This agreement between Spain and Uruguay provides for scientific and technical cooperation in disaster preparedness and prevention, and mutual assistance in civil protection.

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.

Advances in geosciences, volume 33, 1, 2013:

This special issue focuses on El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the dominant climate mode of variability in the Pacific Ocean, which impacts many surrounding countries. It addresses the new challenges

This report details the results of an assessment of the status of disaster risk reduction and institutional capacities in Uruguay, prepared by an inter-agency mission at the request of the Government of Uruguay, with the aim of promoting the development

This report describes major activities and events related to the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) in the Americas.

This document provides historical overview of Uruguay’s disasters and discusses country’s capacity to respond and the achievements and challenges of the national emergency system.

This document presents a review of current and planned adaptation action in South America, covering the following 12 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. The review first

This review provides an inventory of country-level adaptation activities and a summary of key adaptation priorities, based on documents like the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s National Adaptation Programs of Action and National Communications

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