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Displaying 90 of about 526 resultsAs Haiti continues to make a slow recovery from the catastrophic earthquake that devastated the nation two years ago, its neighbour Dominican Republic is bracing itself to be better prepared for future disasters, writes Davinder Kumar for the Huffington Post. Approaches like involving communities, especially children and young people, to minimise the im…
Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), spoke to Nepali Times about Nepal's progress in meeting Millennium Development Goals and in implementing disaster risk reduction measures.
"Given the high earthquake risk and other hazards in Nepal, UNDP has been working with the government on disaster risk reduction for man…
The US$5.47M disaster preparedness projects - including community early warning systems, advocacy and education - funded up by the European Union will enable the most vulnerable populations to reduce the risks associated with extreme natural events such as earthquakes, floods or landslides: "With this new support, the European Union reaffirms its commi…
ChengDu Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone reports to PR Newswire that Chengdu Institute of Care-life (ICL), Chengdu Meihuan Tech. Co., Ltd. ("Meihuan Tech.") and I. Trade International Trade Ltd. ("I. Trade") have signed a strategic co-operation agreement last week. I. Trade is going to set up the earthquake early warning system (EWS) in Haiti to redu…
Port-au-Prince — In her second visit to Haiti after the devastating January 2010 earthquake United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark said she was impressed by the visible progress seen in the capital Port-au-Prince two years after the devastating earthquake that rocked the country killing 200,000 people.
“I saw a huge dif…
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…
Three months after two hurricanes hit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) has rebounded from a complete failure of Puerto Rico’s power and communication systems, with half of the island’s seismic stations operational as of mid-December 2017.
From the earliest days of Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 storm that made l…
This study examines the effects of two megatrends – climate change and urbanization – on environmental emergencies. It considers how climate change and urbanization affect the scope and scale of emergencies. It argues that these trends are posing multiple challenges for emergency responders by overwhelming national and local-level emergency preparedness…
The purpose of this note is to provide an overview of the impact of four main types of hazards (cyclones, floods, droughts, earthquakes or tsunamis) on the ISLAND project partners (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, La Reunion, Zanzibar). This note was established prior to the launching of the joint UNISDR/IOC programme to acquire a deeper know…
'It will be more costly for governments of most vulnerable countries like the Philippines if they would not invest more on climate change adaptation/disaster risk reduction measures. Our leaders must not wait for another big calamity to happen before we become prepared for disaster' says Marichu A. Villanueva in an opinion piece for The Philippine Star.
Cebu – Disaster risk reduction, climate change, global warming and environmental protection seem to be today’s media ‘buzz’ words and ‘sound bytes’. The question is, “Is your city or town, or barangay getting ready?
According to Margarita Wahlstrom, special representative, secretary-general for Disaster Risk Reduction of the United Nations Internationa…
Robin McKie reports for the UK Guardian on the recent warnings from geologists that Haiti is at serious risk of devastation from earthquakes in the near future. "We can only recommend rebuilding Port-au-Prince as safely as money allows" said Roger Bilham, a geologist at the University of Colorado.
Press conference on Haiti's reconstruction, one year after earthquake
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the country told correspondents at Headquarters today that most humanitarian targets had been achieved while reconstruction should be accelerated, though that woul…
Normally competitors, four Canadian engineering firms have instead joined forces to help rebuild Haitian schools that were destroyed or badly damaged in the devastating January 2010 earthquake, ensuring that the technical aspects of the construction are met so that the new schools are hurricane and earthquake resistant, and also helping build the local…
Tahiti Infos rapporte qu'à l’occasion d’une réunion régionale consacrée à la préparation à des catastrophes naturelles, le partenariat entre l’archipel de Vanuatu et la Nouvelle-Calédonie a été pris en exemple. Cette collaboration permet entre autres un partage d’informations sismiques. Ce type d'approche est vivement encouragé par les Nations Unies.
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