Governance

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is developing an extensive programme which will reinforce the coastal dyke system to help protect coastal areas from rising tides....

Better informing the public is critical to implementation of building improvements, stressed a home safety group yesterday to a Congressional panel, in support of federal efforts to boost building safety....

"It is very necessary for China and Japan, two seismically active countries, to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in this aspect," said the ministry's spokesman Liu Jianchao....

'Effective disaster management through timely hazard identification and risk reduction is a necessity to protect human, economic and environmental resources' said K. T. Hammond, Dep Minister for the Interior....

'Disaster risk management is everyone's responsibility', says Pacific Island Applied Geoscience Commission's sustainable development adviser, Netatua Pelesikoti ....

“There is a need for a national action plan to better coordinate and strengthen risk reduction efforts as well as strengthening preparedness to reduce the cost of disaster impacts" said SOPAC's advisor, Netatus Pelesikoti....

Un equipo multidisciplinario conforma desde ayer la Plataforma Nacional de Reducción del Riesgo a Desastres, cuyo propósito es crear un foro permanente en el que se discutirá cómo hacer frente a los problemas generados por situaciones de riesgo en el país....

This is a record of the proceedings of the conference “The Role of Governance in Combating Desertification”, held in Berlin on September 7, 2006. The conference was held as part of Germany’s contribution to the United Nations International Year of Deserts