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Wildfires can disrupt education systems by damaging schools, interrupting learning and affecting the wellbeing of students, teachers and communities.

Beyond physical damage, wildfire smoke, evacuations and displacement can create prolonged challenges for access to education and learning continuity, particularly for vulnerable groups. Explore the latest research, insights and resources on the impacts of wildfires on education and the measures needed to build safer, more resilient learning environments.

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Documents and publications

Colección de vídeos utilizados en el primero curso totalmente on-line organizado por la Universidad de La Laguna, Islas Canarias: "La reducción de riesgos de desastres. Ciudades resilientes".

University of la Laguna
Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Educational materials

A three sided pamphlet, showing detailed information various do's & don'ts of Fire in School along with images.

National Institute of Disaster Management (India)
Lebanon’s innovative strategy seeks to balance corrective, prospective and compensatory action.
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Lebanon is seeking to become the first country in the Arab region to adopt an overarching National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management that balances corrective, prospective and compensatory action.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Professor Shinichi Takemura demonstrating the Tangible Earth
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The inventor of the world's first interactive digital globe that graphically depicts the vulnerability of our planet to disasters today challenged global policymakers to show more leadership in tackling the growing risks facing populations worldwide.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Documents and publications

This document presents the Nepal Disaster Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC), its objectives and structure, as well as its five flagship areas of immediate action for disaster risk management: (i) school and hospital safety; (ii) emergency preparedness and

Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium
Policies and plans
Policy type
National policies and plans

A framework in which the Indian government has laid out an action plan for reducing the country's vulnerability to potential hazards that are relevant to India, including: environmental disasters such as earthquake, landslide, flood, drought, cyclone

National Institute of Disaster Management (India)
Documents and publications

This report provides an inventory of existing early warning systems, organised according to the type of natural hazards, such as earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, wildfire, flood, drought, storm and cyclone, differentiating between rapid and slow

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Documents and publications

The preparation of this Local Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-2013 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.

The progress report

District of Metchosin
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