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In Bhutan, authorities conducted an earthquake simulation exercise to test the city of Thimphu Thromde’s contingency plan and the readiness of relevant stakeholders. The exercise was successful in that authorities could mobilise the responding agencies’ services, but improvement was needed in terms of team training, communication, and coordination.
A proposal from the 'Reducing risks and ensuring preparedness for glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF)' conference calls to install multi-sensors to help monitor the lakes from Thimphu. Other recommendations include installing reliable communications systems like text message or using local media to get disaster messages across...
'Landslide hotspots in northern Trashigang are stabilising about a decade after rehabilitation works were carried out. In 2003, over 350,000 native tree seedlings like that of walnut were planted in the affected areas, which include Chongthiri under Radhi gewog'...
Zhemgang and Wangdue dzongkhags will receive Nu 27M (USD 600,000) from the UN capital development fund this year for a pilot project to build local resilience or adaptability to the effects of climate change, reports Kuensel online...
Recent disasters in the country have sent strong messages not just on how vulnerable Bhutan actually is to disasters, but on the need for more preparedness when faced with such calamities, according to Kuensel Online...
At a recent meeting on child rights in Beijing, China, governments discussed three key issues of concern to the region’s children, achieving the millennium development goals with equity, enhancing children’s lives through improved disaster risk reduction, and child protection and welfare, reports Kinga Tender for the Kuensel online...
The department of disaster management (DDM) has initiated the safe school programme and community-based disaster risk management in seven dzongkhags according to the Kuensel...
'Disaster management can’t be handled alone by the disaster management department,' said the disaster management director, Namgay Wangchuk. 'It requires the support of other agencies and we need to mainstream activities into the normal plan projects.'...
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