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Presidente de la Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias, Vanessa Rosales señaló en el acto inaugural del Foro Nacional que los costarricenses tienen el derecho a la prevención. El foro es una gran consulta nacional que servirá para validar la propuesta del Plan Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo...

Climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of natural hazards in Africa, according to the UNOCHA and IDMC. A study by the two organizations found that 'natural' disasters displaced 284,000 people in Mozambique in 2007, 150,000 in Benin, 72,805 in Ethiopia and 59,000 in Algeria...

On the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction, Cooperazione Internazionale cites disaster risk reduction as key to poverty reduction and reducing vulnerability to hazards such as drought, floods, cyclones, storm surges, earthquakes and volcanoes...

Findings of a study by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre:

This study looks at 'natural' disasters and forced displacement in the context of climate change. It has two

Currents, June 2009, Issue 15:

An interview with Elizabeth McNaughton, development programme officer in the Pacific Regional, Social and Vulnerability Team at NZAID, about ways to build safer communities and reduce the risk of disasters, based on her

As the flood toll rose in Nepal more than 50 lives lost and thousands stranded in the western region, the UN announced last week that it was sending a special envoy, Margareta Wahlström, Assistant Secretary-General to announce a disaster reduction plan...

Loss of life is always tragic, but ample investment in preparedness and early warning systems, including the training of community-based volunteers...have clearly contributed to minimizing the loss of life across the disaster areas according to the USG for Disaster Response, IFRC...

Marking the International Day for Disaster Reduction, a simulation of a 9.2 magnitude earthquake took place today off the north western coast of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia to test preparedness across the Indian Ocean...