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Displaying 15 of about 410 resultsWith climate change there has been a corresponding increase in the incidence of ‘natural’ disasters. The following have been identified as the key disasters that are directly precipitated by climate change: drought, floods, landslides, cyclones and coastal erosion.
Lowering risks is an integral part of disaster management because this can save lives an…
Management of disasters and emergencies in Papua New Guinea had been undertaken in accordance with the Disaster Management Act. The present National Disaster Centre management arrangements will be absorbed in the Authority whose responsibilities will also encompass the disaster management responsibilities, which will, largely, include environment and di…
The National Disaster Management Framework (NDMF) provides a mechanism that serves as a regulatory guideline for effective and efficient disaster management in Nigeria.
Some of the framework's objectives are:
- Establish functional disaster management institutions at all levels of governance to prepare for, prevent, mitigate, respond to and recover f…
The objectives of the strategy are:
Following is a list of goals designed to be fulfilled within a year time:
1. Raise awareness level of disaster counter and preparedness among Egyptian society’s different strata on a scale of (10%: 90%) in nine months period.
2. Change attitudes towards disasters preparedness, from the negative attitude to the neutr…
El siguiente planteamiento, reconoce el importante papel que juegan los esfuerzos nacionales en materia de reducción de riesgos y respuesta a los desastres y reafirmando la importancia de la cooperación internacional, en particular a nivel regional, con el fin de fortalecer los esfuerzos nacionales y regionales existentes, al igual que los organismos de…
La Mesa Nacional de Diálogo en Gestión para la Reducción de Riesgo a Desastres, es un espacio de convergencia y coordinación público-privada, de duración indefinida, cuyo propósito es elevar los consensos sobre la gestión para la reducción de riesgo a desastres al Presidente de la República y al Consejo Nacional de Desarrollo Urbano y Rural.
La Mesa co…
La presente ley tiene como objeto fundamental regular todas las actividades en el ámbito de la Reducción de Riesgos y Atención de Desastres y Emergencias y, establecer un marco institucional apropiado y eficiente que permita reducir los riesgos de las estructuras sociales y económicas del país.
El presente manual presenta todas y cada una de las etapas de trabajo que permitirán al establecimiento educacional elaborar su plan específico de seguridad escolar en un ambiente de plena participación. Estas etapas estan presentadas en una secuencia lógica, por lo que resulta indispensable que la dirección de la unidad educativa, con el equipo de prof…
The people of Uganda, through the Constituent Assembly in Objective 23 and Article 249 of the resulting Constitution, called for an end to intolerable and persistent loss of life, suffering and disruption of economic activities by disasters resulting from the lack of preparedness and patchy uncoordinated responses. Relief, disaster risk reduction and ma…
The 'Road map' is a ten year comprehensive programme of action for disaster risk management which has been developed by the Government of Sri Lanka with support from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
This publication is focused on seven thematic components which are consistent with ongoing and past efforts in the field of disaster risk manag…
These guidelines aim to improve the way disaster waste (DW) is handled in disasters. They represent much of the best current knowledge and lessons learned on DW management, and provide national authorities and international relief experts alike with sound and practical advice to help them manage DW. They are targeted at implementers of DW management pro…
This paper profiles the vulnerability, risk reduction, and adaptation to climate change of Madagascar. Madagascar is a signatory to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol. The country is also a signatory to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and the Convention on Biological Div…
This paper profiles the vulnerability, risk reduction, and adaptation to climate change of Mozambique. Droughts are the most frequent disaster, occurring every three to four years, and pose a major constraint to development since most of the country’s population, especially the poor, reside in rural areas and rely on rain-fed agriculture. Mozambiqu…
This paper profiles the vulnerability, risk reduction, and adaptation to climate change of Indonesia. According to Indonesia’s National Action Plan Addressing Climate Change, the national adaptation agenda needs to focus on water resources, agriculture, fisheries, coastal and marine ecosystems, infrastructure and settlement, health, and forestry se…
This paper profiles the vulnerability, risk reduction, and adaptation to climate change of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR). According to the National Adaptation Program of Action finalized in 2009 by the Government of Lao PDR, main actions should focus on supporting capacity building and climate change mainstreaming into the local, provincia…