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Assessing natural disaster risk in the Asia-Pacific region

According to a recent study by the Australian Gov, there is abundant evidence that natural hazards disproportionately affect developing countries. Disasters are increasing every year due to factors including rapid population growth, urbanisation and climate change.

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Sri Lanka gets Canadian support for disaster planning

Sri Lanka has received support to train government officials and NGOs for response to disasters, such as the Indian Ocean Tsunami, which caused devastation along parts of the coastline in 2004....

Lanka Business Online
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Nepal: preventive measures sought to combat natural disaster

The Government of Nepal will prioritize disaster prevention measures in a bid to minimize the affects of natural hazards as part of long term plan stated ministry official....

Kantipur Publications Pvt. Ltd.
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Battle against climate change calls for ‘war footing’ says UN Deputy SG

Disaster-risk reduction should be a core policy item in the climate-change agenda for protecting the vulnerable said Reid Basher of the ISDR secretariat...

United Nations - Headquarters
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G-8 stresses need for adaptation measures for developing countries

'...we commit to support urgent actions to mainstream adaptation into broader development strategies and encourage developing countries themselves to integrate adaptation into their development policies'...

Japan - government
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Pakistan: effective mechanisms can reduce human losses

Efficient policies and implementation mechanisms could reduce human loss due to natural hazards, said experts in a seminar on Saturday....

Nation, the - Pakistan
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Disaster management in India

A look at India's level of preparedness in the face of a disaster: “We need to shift focus from the visibles to the invisibles...disaster response measures only have short-term gain and do not result in risk reduction...”

Economic Times, the
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Albania: new disaster risk mitigation and adaptation project

A new project, that will strengthen institutional capacities to reduce Albania’s vulnerability to the natural and man-made hazards, was approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors....

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