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A World Vision project to upgrade roads is hoped to reduce vulnerability to disasters and provide economic benefit. 'This is part of our DRR plan, but better infrastructure in the villages also leads to higher income generation' said U Myat Htet Aung Min, DRR technical coordinator...
'Climate change has had a significant impact on Myanmar over the past five years and 2009 was no exception, an official from the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) said last month', reports the Myanmar Times - also citing a UN press release that '224 of the 245 disasters in 2009 were weather-related'...
'Before Nargis, we had nothing prepared for disaster risk reduction. We need to do a lot more.' said Dr Tun Lwin, the director general of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology....
Voluntary Commitments
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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.