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Kit includes booklet and poster
Background
To lead and manage Oxfam's DRR programme under DIPECHO funding in Bangladesh through implementing of an agreed strategy, mobilizing local resources and ensuring cross programme learning with Oxfam's other DRR projects and DIPECHO partners.
Dimensions
• Representing Oxfam and influencing external relationships with DIPECHO/ECHO, NARRI Co…
This plan is a sectoral policy document, jointly issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Agriculture in order to improve the capacity of grassland disaster prevention and mitigation, maintain the security of grassland ecology, and promote the sustainable and healthy development of society and the economy in pastoral…
This is the 17th issue of the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) annual report on forest fires for the year 2016. This report is consolidated as documentation of the previous year's forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. In its different sections, the report includes information on the evolution of fire danger in the Eur…
This article, from a Professor of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, assesses the impacts of the recent earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, highlighting the success of the seismic damage mitigation efforts through strong building codes.
It describes: (i) the earthquake; (ii) the tsunami; and (iii) the related fires that oc…
Forests and climate change working paper 9:
This study examines the major issues and developments related to climate change impacts and responses in the Near East region as regards forests and highlights related opportunities for regional action to address gaps and needs, including adaptation measures for "resilient landscapes" through the integration…
By Megan Rowling
London - Natural disasters forced 32.4 million people from their homes in 2012, with climate and weather hazards such as floods and storms causing 98 percent of the displacement, a report said on Monday.
The total was almost double the 2011 number, as major floods hit India and Nigeria last year, accounting for 41 percent of global di…
This compendium of research papers is based disaster risk reduction and understanding the nature, occurrence, and severity of threats, underlying causes of vulnerabilities and capacity of the populace in South and Southeast Asia. It addresses the new focus of disaster risk reduction at present is on vulnerability reduction and building resilient communi…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Vietnam, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, land slide, wild fire, drought, insect infestation, tornado and cyclone. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk manageme…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Nepal, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as land slide, wild fire, flood, epidemic and earthquake. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Myanmar, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as wild fire, flood, cyclone and earthquake. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an evaluation…
This report describes country’s disaster risks and natural hazards, such as earthquake, tsunami, volcano, wildfire, landslide and flood, and presents governmental structures responsible for disaster management in Indonesia. It presents the major activities and accomplishments in disaster reduction during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Red…
This report describes country’s disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, earthquake, storm, drought and wildfire, and presents governmental and institutional structures responsible for disaster management in Mongolia.
The report discusses major activities and accomplishments in disaster reduction during the International Decade for Natural Di…