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The World Bank is lending Sri Lanka US$ 213 million to prevent the flooding in the country's economic capital of Colombo and increase its defenses against the natural disaster to safeguard the livelihoods of city's 2.5 million people and the economic health of the entire country...
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Sri Lanka, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, drought, land slide and cyclone.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa instructed the authorities to carry out necessary tests in the areas prone to earth slips before granting permission to construct buildings in those areas. He said that everybody has a role to play in disaster mitigation and that protecting nature minimises the affects of natural disasters...
This report presents country’s disaster risks and natural hazards, such as cyclone, flood, earthquake, drought and landslide, and describes governmental and institutional structures responsible for disaster management in Sri Lanka.
With climate change there has been a corresponding increase in the incidence of ‘natural’ disasters.
The 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR11) – Revealing Risk, Redefining Development – is a major initiative of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR).
The Government of Sri Lanka with financial support from the United Nations Development Programme has launched a new concept of eco-system based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) hoped to improve the understanding of the environment and natural resources whilst taking into consideration the risk of disasters and vulnerabilities of populations...
The Government of Sri Lanka, Government of Japan, and Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) are jointly organizing the Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2011 (ACDR 2011) on June 13‐15, 2011 at Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka in co
Voluntary Commitments
The organization has no registered commitments.
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.