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'L’objectif pour nous est de faire d’Haïti un pays qui peut résister durablement aux catastrophes naturelles; la prévention doit s’imposer à nous comme un élément essentiel pour que tout marche dans le cadre de la reconstruction'...

'DIFID’s new disaster preparedness programme will strengthen Nepal’s disaster risk management and support building code compliance. It will scale up resilience of people to earthquake and other disasters'...

'According to official data, 25 volcanoes are now under alert or watch status and they must be given priority with regard to disaster mitigation planning at district or city levels,' presidential special aide Andi Arief said at a workshop on journalists' role in disaster management...

Four Local Government Units visited outstanding barangays of Sanfran and tackled about governance, tourism, health and sanitation, disaster risk reduction and environmental protection...

While television weather forecasts are unreliable because of erratic power supplies, 'Radio Namaskar broadcasts high wind and cyclone warnings at short intervals; its range extends 35 km out into the sea,' says Gengri Mania, carrying a radio on fishing trips...

With the support of Japanese experts, Vietnam is building a set of earth-observation satellites which will assist the government in planning how to cope with the effects of climate change and natural disasters.

'There is rising demand for a sense of security and safe homes after the quake,' Takeru Hasegawa, a spokesman at Mitsui Fudosan told Bloomberg. 'We have strengthened disaster prevention methods for all of our new projects from now on'...

Working directly with the affected communities and ensuring a sustainable work, the British Red Cross is taking a long-term view, helping people in Haiti rebuild their lives in a way which reduces their vulnerability to future disasters...