Documents and publications

From the heart of Tanzania to the mountains of Ethiopia to the borders of Bangladesh and Nepal; VSO’s resilience programming is rapidly increasing. Volunteers, staff and partners have all played such a key role in this and already there is a positive

The Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) report on food security and agriculture is developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It provides a quarterly forward-looking analysis of major disaster risks to food security and

The objective of this report is to identify and quantify the liabilities that may arise when natural disasters occur in Sri Lanka, and to present options to manage them. Expenditures made in response to disasters are referred to as disaster-related

This issue of HazNet, the magazine of the Canadian Risks and Hazards Network, focuses on challenge the commonplace understanding of inequity in any field work. Building on the foundations of emergency management, it is brought in lenses from public health

This report for the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC reviews Australian and international literature on the long term recovery of communities that have been impacted by natural hazards. Previous reviews have considered the immediate, short and medium term

Bushfires pose significant threats to life and property in many parts of Australia. The frequency and intensity of bushfires are increasing over time in association with worsening weather conditions that support extreme fires and ongoing settlement growth

Flood disaster is one of the greatest challenges affecting the livelihoods of the people of Bihar, India, hampering interventions aimed at addressing poverty, nutrition and health issues. Small and marginal farmers, tenant farmers and female-headed