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The Pacific Disaster Net is a web-based portal that will help to link disaster management specialists and resources throughout the Pacific region....

Relief efforts also focus on rehabilitation of income generating activities, providing school materials to children, assisting farmers in reviving their crops and establishing disaster risk reduction measures....

Tens of billions of US$ must be spent on protecting millions of people living on the coasts of Asia Pacific if climate change-induced disasters are not to wreak havoc and eradicate decades of development, warns new report....

The National Disaster Coordinating Council launched yesterday a Hazard Mapping and Assessment for Effective Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (READY) Project....

Il y aura toujours des inondations. Afin néanmoins qu'elles causent le moins de dégâts possible, il faut des données de base complètes sur les dangers, comme des cartes de dangers et des prévisions détaillées, des programmes de protection et des ouvrages solides qui résistent aux surcharges ainsi que des interventions bien préparées et coordonnées. Telle est la conclusion de l'analyse des crues d'août 2005, effectuée sous la direction de l'Office fédéral de l'environnement(OFEV).

Mayor Orchid Fornier gave full support to this program 'to increase the awareness of her constituents on what to do in times of calamities to attain zero casualty just like the recent disastrous typhoon that hit Western Visayas'.

'This is just one instrument as part of a World Bank effort to deliver customized financial solutions and help plan efficient responses to catastrophic events' said Gloria Grandolini of the World Bank.

'The project is urgently needed to reduce Africa's disaster risk profile...which is expected to worsen under future climate change projections,' said DiMP's Dr Ailsa Holloway....