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Scientists warn that the Philippines could experience famine by 2020 as a result of the impact of 'global warming' on natural resources. Filipinos call for more initiatives, global to local, including climate change adaptation strategies....

A $120m plan to boost mangrove forests may help combat the effects of climate change: one of Viet Nam's efforts in supporting the Hyogo Framework for Action...

In Goa state, a new disaster management institute using the latest technology to deal with fires also plans to help educate people in prevention as a way to eliminate fire hazards...

Work has begun on government-run hospitals in high seismic zones and coastal areas to help make them disaster resistant...

Political inaction, poor decisions and bad management have helped to turn South Asia into the world’s most disaster-prone region, says Oxfam International in a study just released...

'It is not just being prepared for the disaster, but to reduce the impact of the disaster that we know is going to happen,' said John Holmes, UN under-secretary-general...

IBM scientists have developed a 'stochastic optimization model' to help countries better prepare for and manage natural disasters...

A workshop on the development of disaster resistant sustainable forestation and plantation introduces technology invented by Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI)...

ISDR system partner Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) to participate in a panel on challenges for the Caribbean’s coastal tourism environment at the 10th annual Caribbean conference on sustainable tourism development...

WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud said "it is not possible to prevent natural hazards, but the loss of lives and the damage that they cause can be minimized through risk management based on better observations"....