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Caribbean's vulnerability to disaster a development deficit, says official

Source(s): Caribbean Net News
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"Hazards do not necessarily become disasters, it is the combination of hazards and the level of vulnerability that intensify the impacts of disasters," said Dr Vincent Little, Coordinator of the Caribbean Technical Agenda of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

Dr Little was attending the Caribbean Regional Disaster Management Symposium, currently taking place in Antigua.

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Themes Early warning Risk identification and assessment Governance Economics of DRR Disaster risk management Social impacts and social resilience Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Country and region Guyana
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