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The Interministerial Ordinance No. 2, of December 6, 2012, establishes the Joint National Protocol for the Comprehensive Protection of Children and Adolescents, the Elderly, and People with Disabilities in Situations of Risk and Disaster.
Walter Pinheiro (PT-BA), disse que é preciso "criar uma cultura de política de defesa civil, porque o que vemos hoje é a liberação de verbas após os desastres, sem que se corrija a distorção que os causou". Santa Catarina é um dos exemplos. Todo ano chove muito naquela região no mesmo período do ano — ressaltou...
The global launch of the Report will took place in Geneva on 10 May 2011 under the leadership of the United Nations Secretary-General and in the context of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, convened by UNISDR.
The 2009 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) was launched in Geneva, Switzerland on 10 May 2011.
The Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) in Brazil is to put US$ 6.7 billion into the construction of slope containment and floodwater drainage projects, the Minister of Planning, Budget and Management, Miriam Belchior, announced yesterday...
The Brazilian government is to set up the National Natural Disaster Prevention and Warning System. Based on meteorological and geophysical data, it will be possible to give early warnings in order that people be taken out of areas at risk...
Brazil will have one of the fastest computers in the world to help improve climate studies in the country. The supercomputer is being assembled at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), in São José dos Campos, one of leading climate study centers in Latin America...
People of the semi-arid regions need development support now. What actions follow will Copenhagen? How can negotiators, policy makers, scientists and practitioners translate global agreements into practice on the ground?
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