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Displaying 90 of about 874 results“Cuba manages hurricanes well,” told Russel L. Honoré, disaster preparedness specialist to the New York Times and added: "We could be learning from them.”
Hurricanes rarely cause casualties in Cuba. In fact, a person is 15 times as likely to be killed by a hurricane in the United States as in Cuba.
“Cuba has an enormous amount of deteriorated bu…
RedOrbit reports that Earth-observing satellites were in the focus of discussions at the recent Understanding Risk Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. Space technology is widely used in risk mitigation and climate change adaption programs.
In collaboration with the World Bank, The European Space Agency has set up five pilot projects for urban risk assess…
The government of Guyana is looking into the possibilities of cultivating rice and other crops in the interior savannah, reports Alertnet. As sea levels rise due to the climate change, the areas of agricultural lands in the low-lying coastlands decrease, posing a food security and environmental hazard issue.
“We are observing the cropping pattern and w…
By Zadie Neufville
In one of Belize’s forest reserves in the Maya Golden Landscape, a group of farmers is working with non-governmental organisations to mitigate and build resilience to climate change with a unique agroforestry project.
The Ya’axché Conservation Trust helps farmers to establish traditional tree crops, like the cacao, th…
The 2017 hurricane season was infamous for ravaging the Caribbean - twice. Though considered small in scope, these island nations have active economies and possess private sector entities involved in risk management. These circumstances compelled the question: Was the private sector prepared for the devastating 2017 hurricane season in the Caribbean? Th…
Eighteen months have come and gone since the worst Hurricane in Dominica’s history. The island’s forests, reduced to piles of broken roots and bare branches, have since formed new verdant covers for their brown barks, and life flourishes where fear of death had taken over. Not only is the resurgence astonishing, it is a direct reflection of the will of…
This publication outlines the experiences of the six Caribbean countries which participated in a process to adapt and implement the Cuban Risk Reduction Management Centre model. The publication shares the stories and lessons learned by a diverse set of stakeholders as they engaged in south-south cooperation as a tool for strengthening their disaster ris…
The Government of Australia signed an agreement last Friday with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) to facilitate the handing over of an initial AUS$1 million for humanitarian assistance to earthquake ravaged Haiti. This was done during a visit to the Coordinating Unit by Australian High Commissioner, Mr. Philip Kentwell where he…
Cities around the world are at risk every day.
The Caribbean faces particular vulnerabilities which the Dominica Red Cross seeks to address through building resilience in communities. With this in mind, the Dominica Red Cross acknowledges the United Nations’ International Day for Disaster Reduction which takes place on Wednesday 13th October, 2010, by…
Communiqué from Barbados, Deputy Prime Minister Mia Mottley
'The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility is one of the ways the Caribbean region has begun to take a proactive stance against natural disasters. Our involvement in the launch and success of the world’s first regional risk insurance facility is a signal to international donors, lendin…
“The level of Cuba’s preparedness and its capacity for risk reduction and recovery, with a focus on persons, is impressive”, stated John Holmes, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, in a message sent to the 8th International Congress on Disasters and the 4th International Conference of Firefighters.
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Guyana - The newly accredited Ambassador of Finland to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) H.E. Mikko Pyhälä has pledged his country’s support in building the Region’s resilience to natural disasters through the development of technologies that could provide 'real time data' of impending hurricanes and floods.
In his remarks at the Ceremony for the Prese…
Designed to improve the strengthening the country’s capacity to respond to earthquakes, sea-quakes and other natural hazards, the Meteoro 2010 exercise will take place from tomorrow during five days in two stages. The first from 21-23 May and finally from 25-26 June 2010.
The Women’s Department in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through the framework of the Project: “Strengthening of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Capacity in Belize” being executed by the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO), hosted a two-day workshop on gender mainstreaming for disaster prep…
The United Nations has completed a first-of-its-kind assessment of disaster risk reduction efforts in the Dominican Republic, recommending that the Caribbean nation strengthen building codes as part of its efforts to mitigate the impact of hurricanes and other hazards.
The assessment, carried out in May by the UN International Strategy for Disaster Red…