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Displaying 120 of about 874 resultsRepública Dominicana - El Programa de Prevención de Desastres y Gestión de Riesgos del Gobierno, financiado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) anunció el apoyo a la etapa inicial de implementación de la gestión del riesgo en la planificación nacional con el propósito de evitar la pérdida de vidas y reducir los daños ocasiona dos ante un eve…
El avance en un modelo de gestión estratégica para riesgos de desastres es el principal resultado de la colaboración de científicos cubanos con países de Centroamérica como Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador y Guatemala, informó Prensa Latina.
Dijo el doctor Fernando Guasch Hechavarría que se ha ido transformando el esquema emergente, que iba del antes,…
On the coast of Guyana women started beekeeping and at the same time help to preserve the mangrove forests that protect the coast from floods, reports Alertnet. The mangroves stabilise sediment and play an important role in coastal protection, essential for a coastline vulnerable to rising seas and heavy storms, problems experts link to climate change.…
Durante la XIV Convención Internacional de Ordenamiento Territorial y Urbanismo, representantes de 14 países enfatizaron en la necesidad de contar con métodos para el estudio de peligros, vulnerabilidades y riesgos asociados a la ocurrencia de desastres naturales y la acción humana, según Prensa Latina.
By Anastasia Moloney
SANTO DOMINGO - When hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the Dominican Republic last year, 21-year-old Roseli de los Santos pulled people from floodwaters and helped families to evacuate flooded homes.
The country lies in the path of seasonal hurricanes and on two fault lines. So de los Santos, a civil defence volunteer, said it is a qu…
This document focuses on the Performance Monitoring Framework (PMF) for the Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy 2014-2024. It presents the five instruments to guide the monitoring and evaluation (MER) processes at regional, national and CDEMA Coordinating Unit levels for the CDEMA System. The objective of the five instruments is to have qua…
This document reports on the Conservancy Adaptation Project (CAP) implemented in Guyana for adaptation to the flood threats posed by future climate change. The report presents ways of reducing the likelihood of catastrophic flooding along Guyana’s low-lying coastal areas, also threatened by sea level rise. The developed program of strategic intervention…
This report presents the findings of an assessment undertaken by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) during 2010-2011 which assessed the institutional and technical capacities and needs of the Caribbean region to support Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) and risk assessment. The findings provide the foundation for future capacity develo…
United Nations' Secretary General Ban Ki-moon highlighted Cuba's disaster risk reduction and climate change efforts, and the role played in this sector by Cuban children in the context of International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, as per Radio Havana Cuba.
A delegation of US technicians is currently visiting Cuba to discuss joint measures to prevent oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico notes China Daily. This visit takes place in order to avoid a major environmental disaster like the one by British Petroleum (BP) in 2010.
The new agency aims to coordinate the country’s policies on climate change mitigation and adaptation and forest conservation, and help Suriname win international funding to help it deal with climate impacts and adopt a lower carbon development strategy, reports Marvin A. Hokstam for AlerNet.
“Basically our agency is established to consolidate Suriname’…
Dominica has had numerous events during the recent past with many of the victims being children. Given Dominica's geographical position and landscape coupled with the issues of climate change it is likely that the island will continue to be vulnerable to natural and man-made hazards, according to Dominica News Online.
That is why the Office of Disaster…
The Barbados Red Cross Society's 'Building Safer, More Resilient Communities Project', is now being extended to more districts across the island. "The Barbados Red Cross looks forward to working with the new communities, as we spread the opportunities for more people to be provided the skills and tools necessary to make their districts and, in turn, mak…
Kingston, Jamaica - Since 2013, Jamaica’s Met Office has been using its Climate Predictability Tool (CPT) to forecast ‘below average’ rainfall or drought across the island. The tool has allowed this northern Caribbean island to accurately predict several dry periods and droughts, including its most destructive episode in 2014 when an estimated one billi…
A UK-funded PAHO project will make safer and greener health facilities in Dominica, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and St. Lucia to deliver care in disasters.
Bridgetown, Barbados - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) selected 16 hospitals and health centers in seven Caribbean countries to make them safer,…