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El aseguramiento de bienes públicos o privados, como una herramienta para desconcentrar los riesgos, es una de las propuestas de la Mesa Nacional de Diálogo para la Reducción de Riesgos a los Desastres (MNDRRD) según Prensa Libre...

En México, en el aniversario del sismo del 85, la Segob elabora un procedimiento técnico para prevenir una tragedia similar en el país según Excélsior...

In an interview with the Kathmandu Post, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Robert Piper talks about disaster preparedness in the country and says that disaster risk reduction systems are getting better but they are still very badly equipped...

In a new book released on 12 September 2011, government, military, civil society, and private sector leaders are challenged to help unify experiences and resources in order to successfully manage and mitigate the impact of future global disasters by learning from recent pandemic and infectious disease response efforts...

Some residents leapt from windows, a reaction experts say reinforces the need for greater preparedness - in particular what to do and what not to do before, during and after an earthquake...

'Need of the hour was to work towards community preparedness. The climate across the glob is changing and communities have to be prepared to reduce the risk in case of any disaster,' said Caritas Internationals Secretary General Michel Roy...

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has instructed the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department to hold a meeting to discuss short- and long-term strategies for preventing floods and providing immediate assistance for flood victims in Bangkok and vicinity...

Local authorities in a northwestern Chinese city Tuesday ordered an inspection of areas prone to geological disasters after a deadly rain-triggered landslide killed 17 people there Saturday afternoon...

The Secretary-General noted that information and communications technology (ICT) can help strengthen disaster risk reduction as well as the UN’s response when disasters do happen and urges for the power of ICTs to be leveraged...

Seven members of a government panel tasked with assessing the risks after hundreds of low-level tremors are due to go on trial for manslaughter over the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila, reports the BBC...