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

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…
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Reducing risk of future disasters: priorities for decision makers

This report offers a strategic overview of the present and future potential of science to inform and enhance disaster risk reduction (DRR) over the next three decades. It considers disasters whose primary causes are natural hazards. Its focus is on disasters that occur in developing countries, but lessons from past disasters in developed countries are a…

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