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Displaying 13 of about 13 resultsThis compilation of poems and slogans written in Hindi and English by high school students provides strong message on the importance of protecting the environment in order to reduce the risk of disasters and achieve sustainable development. Its aim is to raise public awareness about disaster risks related to natural hazards, such as earthquake, flood, d…
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Ce document présente les réalisations de l’approche de la Direction Générale de la Protection Civile (DGPC) Malienne en matière de gestion des urgences et catastrophes en 2012, 3 années après la mise en œuvre du projet PRECARICA viant à renforcer les capacités de la DGPC, des structures étatiques et des collectivités locales à mieux préven…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Chad, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, drought and epidemic. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an evaluation of country’s pr…
This brief focuses on the key disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) carries out in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (WBGS). It seeks to give an overview of FAO's DRR strategy and briefly describe their activities in WBGS to protect livelihoods from shocks, to make food production…
This book captures the measures undertaken and the systems established for disaster management in India. It also articulates the next steps required. It is intended to be used by disaster management practitioners to promote collaborative efforts to reduce disaster risk in the country. It is the outcome of a Ministry of Home Affairs in-house compilation…
This groundbreaking study looks into the threats likely to confront southern African communities over the next decade. It identifies regional and global factors, including disaster risk reduction, that may impact the lives and livelihoods of southern Africans and, as importantly, the available capacities to address these challenges. It sees the paradigm…
This UNU-EHS InterSections underlines the need to access the topic of early warning from different viewpoints as a way to provide policy relevant advice concerning early warning systems to Member States, and to contribute to the efforts of the United Nations in addressing international cooperation and development of generally applicable standards. This…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Cuba, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as drought, land slide, epidemic, chemical, earthquake and cyclone. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report pr…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Tanzania, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, drought, land slide and epidemic. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an evaluation…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Papua New Guinea, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, drought, cyclone, earthquake, tsunami, wild fire, epidemic and volcano. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk…
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Burkina Faso during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s recent experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as drought, flood, epidemics and insect infestation, also presents national ins…
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Zambia during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s recent experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as drought, flood, epidemics and earthquake, also presents national institutional and…
A framework in which the Indian government has laid out an action plan for reducing the country's vulnerability to potential hazards that are relevant to India, including: environmental disasters such as earthquake, landslide, flood, drought, cyclone, cold wave, heat wave, chemical disaster, fire, epidemic or pest attack; technological and sectoral disa…