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Displaying 135 of about 507 resultsThis report examines four topics: (i) disasters in 2012, with a focus on recurring disasters; (ii) the role of regional organizations in disaster risk management; (iii) wildfires; and (iv) the important role of women in disaster risk management. It highlights the value given by governments and other actors in working together to prevent disasters and, t…
Peru has experienced a long history of disasters linked to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), including during the global El Niño events of 1982–83 and 1997–98. This history has contributed to progress in ENSO forecasting and preparation, as well as broader development of the country's disaster risk management (DRM) capacities. Despite such advanc…
Riparian ecosystems are often exposed to degradation caused by deforestation and farming activities, which can increase the risk of flooding. This document outlines approaches to recovering and promoting the development of these ecosystems to reduce the risk of flooding, in addition to the use of “grey infrastructure” such as earth and rock dams.
This…
Briefly Noted: Disasters - Preparedness and Risk Reduction in the Americas
Over the last five years, Peru has stood out among the countries of South America for the marked progress it has made in adopting a strategy on safe hospitals.
The country has a National Safe Hospitals Committee, a national Policy on safe hospitals, and the budget to implement…
An earthquake resistance program was initiated in the district of Chocos in the Lima Province Region of the High Andes of Peru. The community was trained in disaster prevention programs related to earthquakes. The training consisted of theory and practice and it was participative and concerted. The Mayor and Chancellours were trained in all the pr…
Estudio revela que el 54% de casas de Villa El Salvador y el 43% de las de San Juan de Lurigancho colapsarían, según Lima Como Vamos en uno reportaje de Publimetro.
“En el Perú nos enfocamos en simulacros y no en cómo prevenir los desastres tomando en cuenta las estructuras”, comenta a Publimetro Fernando Neyra, ingeniero consultor en temas de gestión…
Darío Chirinos, jefe de Indeci Lima Centro, indicó que los simulacros hechos en este año aún son tomados sin la seriedad necesaria por la población, informó El Comercio. “Realmente se necesita bastante sensibilización de la ciudadanía, que muchas veces toma los simulacros como juego y esta educación debe venir desde casa. En el último simulacro, estuve…
Press release - CARE at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva
As an international conference on disaster risk reduction gets underway in Geneva, CARE International warns that the increasing number of humanitarian disasters are eroding the coping ability of poor people and therefore undermining their ability to escape poverty. “Pove…
“The conference will highlight the ways for governments, donors, and civil society organizations to help the poorest communities to increase their resilience to the changing climate,” said Dr. Saleemul Huq, senior fellow in International Institute for Environment and Development's climate change group.
Lessons from adaptation projects in settings as di…
By Caroline Brogan
Methods from 1,400 years ago could boost water availability during Lima’s dry season, according to new Imperial College London research.
Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains, the people of Peru’s coastal region rely on surface water from the Andes for drinking water, industry, and animal and…
Rapidly melting glaciers causing similar problems on two continents
By Laura Arenschield
Climate change could have devastating effects on vulnerable residents in the Andes mountains and the Tibetan plateau, according to researchers at The Ohio State University who have been studying glaciers in those areas for decades.
Their findings—that glaciers in…
The first atlas of natural hazard threats affecting the countries of the sub-regional bloc has been launched by the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) in the context of a joint project with the EU 'Support to the prevention of disasters in the Andean Community'...
En Perú, los presidentes regionales y alcaldes que no lideren los grupos de trabajo de la Gestión de Riesgo de Desastres o no generen información sobre peligros, vulnerabilidades y riesgo de cada unos de sus lugares, serán sancionados conforme la señala la nueva Ley 29664, que crea el Sistema Nacional de Gestión de Riesgo o Desastres (Sinagerd), según D…
Durante el transcurso del Seminario Taller denominado "Gestión de Riesgos de Desastres y Promoción de Ciudades Intermedias", se planteó estrategias que permitan el fortalecimiento de las capacidades de las diferentes instancias de gobierno; de manera que se dé inicio e implemente una adecuada gestión del Territorio, lo cual incluye una estrategia de pro…
As the world prepares for the Cancún summit, the Guardian UK's John Vidal visits people on the frontline of climate change, in the Andes mountains of Peru and Ecuador, to see how communities and governments are trying to adapt.