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Displaying 60 of about 102 resultsThis seismic risk profile of the Bahamas, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question;Risk i…
The last two decades have seen intense global actions towards increasing the profile of disaster risk reductions in development planning and practice. Following the actions initiated by the United Nations in its International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (1990-2000), two world conferences have taken place; in Yokohama (1994) and in Kobe (2005),…
A call for tourism dependent nations in the Caribbean to examine better ways of planning for disasters in the region has been made at the launch of a National Stakeholders Meeting and Regional Monitoring and Evaluation System for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation in the Caribbean Tourism Sector, according to the Antigua Observer. Th…
Following the devastating tsunami that struck Japan, 33 countries* are preparing to participate on 23 March in the first full-scale simulated tsunami alert exercise in the Caribbean. The goal is to test the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, which was established in 2005 by the countries of the regio…
Philip C. Galanis elaborates on Benjamin Franklin's quote, "by failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail," to analyse some of the shortcomings of several national institutions during Hurricane Irene which battered the Bahamian archipelago last month as well as the role of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
As reported by the Nassau Gu…
"The imperative that countries subject to impact by natural disasters include in their development policy planning the development of strategies to manage and mitigate the fallout of disasters is self evident, " said Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham in his keynote address to open the Central Bahamas Disaster Conference.
Secretary-General António Guterres (left) with Hubert Alexander Minnis (right), Prime Minister of the Bahamas talk to the press in front of the National Emergency Management Agency in the Bahamas. Credit: UN/Mark Garten
By Christophe Illemassene
Nassau, the Bahamas: By calling the impact of Hurricane Dorian, “a generational disaster,” the Prime Mini…
The Canadian High Commission is pleased to launch a first call for proposals to the Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management (CCDRM) Fund.
The CCDRM Fund seeks to support, on a locally responsive basis, small projects that tangibly and practically reduce risk in vulnerable communities. Community groups, non-governmental organizations, and government…
According to the Barbabos Advocate, the change in the name and scope of the regional disaster management agency, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) is scheduled to take place on 1 September 2009, to become the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA).
"This new name reflects the recognition of the connection between…
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalising a partnership to facilitate capacity building and to develop strategies for mitigating the physical and socio-economic impacts of 'natural' disasters,…
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Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has expanded its scholarship programme to include Caribbean universities – in addition to those in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, previously available under the CCRIF Extra-Regional Scholarship Programme. CCRIF now invites applications…
There is a popular saying within the disaster management community that “all disasters are local”. If we, the population, accept this old bromide, then we must also consider its corollary: that the resources required to deal with them are also local. The disaster prediction technology that we have become accustomed to in the present did not exist in the…
By Will Bugler
The small island states of the Caribbean are bracing themselves today as superstorm Irma hits the region. Fed by the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea Irma has continued to gain in strength reaching the highest category 5 status, with wind speeds peaking at 185 miles per hour. This makes the storm more powerful that both hurricanes Katri…
PANAMA, 18 January, 2016 - The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has launched an awards scheme for 2016 which seeks to support national and regional efforts to reduce disaster loss and the impacts of climate change.
CDEMA includes some of the most disaster prone small island States in the world, exposed to sea-level rise, stor…
This study explored individual and household (IH) preparedness in The Bahamas – a small island developing state in the Caribbean. An online survey was used, and 629 Bahamians opted to participate. However, the researchers faced many barriers to collecting representative data. This case study, therefore, discusses the range of methodological challenges f…