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Displaying 15 of about 41 resultsDECRET N° 2007 740/PRES/PM/MECV/MEF portant adoption du programme d’action national d’adaptation à la variation et aux changements climatiques. (JO N°50 DU 13 DECEMBRE 2007)
Est adopté le programme d’action national d’adaptation à la variabilité et aux changements climatiques dont le texte est joint en annexe.
Le Ministre de l’environnement et du cadr…
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
This draft report has been prepared by Environmental Resources Management on behalf of the Department for International Development. The objective of the report is to present a high-level, desk-based assessment of the economic costs of disasters, and of the costs and benefits of various approaches to managing the risks of natural disasters, normally kno…
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) plays a key role in the world’s efforts to eradicate poverty, achieve sustainable development and reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It is the only internationally recognized legally binding instrument that addresses the problem of land degradation in dryland rural areas. It enj…
Lake Sarez, which is located in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, was created in 1911. A massive landslide, triggered by an earthquake, blocked the Murgab River valley, creating a natural dam, which was called Usoi. In 1999, the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction Secretariat led a mission to assess the risk and impacts in the Pamir Mou…
Disaster context in Rwanda is mainly linked with natural, man-made and mixed
disasters. Many cases of disaster are particularly linked to the geographic, historical and socio-cultural aspects of the country. Rwanda has limited cases of disaster resulting from natural hazards, but has sometimes experienced localized flooding and landslides and drought. T…
The `National Report` on Disaster Management in Bhutan is prepared for submission to the World conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan from 18-22 January 2005. The Report is an outcome of the national level consultative meeting held on 6th December 2004 with all the relevant sectors in Disaster Management in Bhutan.
This paper explores the links among natural disasters, climate change, and economic development. It attempts to outline a framework for thinking about these links. The paper summarizes the limited knowledge of the long term economic impact of natural disasters.
This Media Kit has been developed as a guide for media professionals in five Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Timor Léste and Vietnam) to raise the awareness of media professionals about their role in disaster risk reduction; and to enable them to perform that role in an effective manner. The handbook is comprised of two parts. P…
This publication provides 35 good practices and lessons learned as concrete examples of how to make children safer in their classrooms and educate them about disasters.
This project report from UNESCO provides details of the work completed under the “Educational materials for education for natural disaster preparedness in Asia-Pacific in the context of education for sustainable development” project. Details of the development of culturally appropriate and locally relevant educational material for natural disaster prepa…
Le Niger, à l'instar des autres pays africains, est confronté périodiquement à d'innombrables catastrophes naturelles ou provoquées, notamment la désertification, l’ensablement du lit des cours d’eau, les Erosions (Hydrique et Eolienne, les invasions des prédateurs des végétaux et les épidémies (méningites, rougeole, choléra, etc..). Le Niger, à l'insta…
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.