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Pacific Island countries national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, Yokohama, Japan, 23-27 May 1994

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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
Australian Emergency Management Committee
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This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Pacific island countries, and describes their common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, drought, landslide, earthquake, cyclone, volcano and tsunami. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.

The report provides an evaluation of region’s progress, achievements and challenges in disaster risk reduction during the first half of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), and highlights suggested activities and plans for the rest of IDNDR.

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Hazards Cyclone, Hurricane and Typhoon Drought Earthquake Flood Landslide Tsunami Volcano
Themes Disaster risk management Governance Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Country and region Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia, Fed States of Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
ISBN/ISSN/DOI
0646182056
Number of pages
46 p.
Publication year
1994

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