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Displaying 4 of about 4 resultsThe policy has been developed to guide disaster risk management mainstreaming in Malawi by devising policy strategies aimed at achieving the long term goal of reducing disaster losses in lives and in the social, economic and environmental assets of communities and the nation as envisioned in the “Social Support and Disaster Risk Management” section of t…
This Act regulates the protection of people, animals, property, cultural heritage and environment against natural and other disasters.
It defines as the basic tasks of the system of protection against natural and other disasters to be the following: (i) detection, monitoring and research of natural and other disaster hazards; (ii) prevention of natural…
This edition of Humanitarian Exchange addresses disaster risk reduction in the context of the Typhoon Haiyan, the worst disaster ever to hit the Philippines. It presents lessons from the humanitarian response to the disaster and highlights the important coordination role of the Philippines government in it. Featured articles assess the early warning eff…
This act sets out a comprehensive legal framework for disaster risk management. It designates the Division of Risk and Disaster Management (DRDM) as the national body for disaster risk management responsible for, among other things, the preparation of the National disaster risk management plan and strategy and implementation of the integrated emergency…