Cultural heritage

UNISDR has added new momentum to the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a 15-year international plan to curb deaths and economic damage caused by natural and man-made hazards.

Indigenous knowledge is an important source of wisdom for sustainability, UN Secretary-General Bank Ki-moon says, underlining an issue that it is also crucial for disaster risk reduction.

The report presents a comprehensive post disaster needs assessment exercise, launched simultaneously with response and relief efforts at the request of the Government of Nepal, with the objective to estimate damages and losses caused by the earthquake and to help identify recovery needs as well as strategy required for its implementation. The assessment exercise was led by the National Planning Commission (NPC) with assistance of more than 250 national and international experts who worked round the clock to produce this assessment covering 23 sectors in less than one month.

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 is the global blueprint to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risk.

These easy look-up charts outline the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

Whanganui locals are coming to grips with the devastation caused by the city's biggest ever floods, reports Radio New Zealand. Hone Tamehima said repairing sacred Maori art would not come cheap, with regard to 200-year old carvings damaged by the water. 'Insurance-wise, we couldn't even get an evaluation on the carvings,' he said...

'The aim of our research was to understand people’s risk perception and risk behaviour,' says Lydia Pedoth, a researcher at the European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) who led the study. 'We also examined the role of local knowledge, community identity and social networks, and the relationship between the community and the risk management authorities.'...

Once a year, the communities of vast Marsabit County gather to celebrate their heritage. But as climate change takes hold in the arid region, the gathering has also turned into a showcase for ways to adapt. The festival focuses on music and culture. But the growing crowds around exhibits on climate change adaptation are a clear indication of growing concern by the county's people and leaders...