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A presente Lei estabelece o regime jurídico da gestão das calamidades, compreendendo a prevenção, mitigação dos efeitos destruidores das calamidades, desenvolvimento de acções de socorro e assistência, bem como as acções de reconstrução e recuperação das áreas afectadas.
This act provides for an integrated and coordinated disaster management policy in South Africa that focuses on preventing and reducing the risk of disasters, mitigating the severity of disasters, emergency preparedness, rapid and effective response to disasters and post-disaster recovery. It regulates the establishment of national, provincial and munici…
This fact sheet: (i) provides key messages related to disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the context of the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO); (ii) highlight's EU's contribution to DRR; (iii) reports on ECHO's DRR funding in 2013; and (iv) presents good practices of DRR in main humanitarian sectors - disaster pr…
This act provides for the functioning of Lesotho's disaster management plan, disaster reconstruction, rehabilitation and recovery plan, disaster management authority, national disaster relief task force, and district and village disaster management teams.
This guide lays out processes and good practices for developing disaster recovery frameworks to assist governments in detailed recovery planning at the inter-sectoral and programmatic levels. It is intended to be a practice-based and results-focused tool that assists governments and partners in planning for efficient, effective and resilient post disast…
Heavy rain fell on Bujumbura and its surroundings on the night of February 9 to 10, 2014 (up to 80 mm of precipitation recorded between 8 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on February 9). These precipitations generated significant runoff on the neighboring slopes, landslides and the rupture of a spontaneous reservoir on the Gasenyi River, upstream from an unserviced…
This study provides an overview on disasters and conflicts in 57 Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries during the last four decades, including a review of disaster risk reduction strategies from The Yokohama Strategy to the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA) an…