Caribbean: Region told to place more emphasis on disaster planning
Source(s):
Daily Observer, Observer Publications Limited
A call for tourism dependent nations in the Caribbean to examine better ways of planning for disasters in the region has been made at the launch of a National Stakeholders Meeting and Regional Monitoring and Evaluation System for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation in the Caribbean Tourism Sector, according to the Antigua Observer. The system aims to build a monitoring and evaluation system that will measure the performance of stakeholder nations in building resilience to natural hazards and adapting to climate change in the Caribbean tourism sector.