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Heeding a call from Vice Mayor Alfredo Arquillano, Jr to build a community with a culture of safety and a 2011 United Nations Sasakawa awardee for disaster reduction, the Camotes Islands Emergency Response Team (CiERT) in San Francisco recently spearheaded an awareness raising workshop on 'Water, Search and Rescue' (WASAR…
The number and impacts of disasters have increased in Europe in the period 1998-2009, a new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) concludes. The report assesses the frequency of disasters and their impacts on humans, the economy and ecosystems and calls for better integrated risk disaster management across Europe.
The Agency's new report 'Map…
CAIRO, 23 November 2011 – The League of Arab States (LAS) and UNISDR move one step closer to a plan of action on disaster risk reduction for the Arab region. The action plan is expected to be endorsed at the first-ever Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab region planned for 2012.
Holding a series of consultations with disaster risk…
Course contents
• Basic terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction: hazard, disaster, risk, vulnerability, capacity, coping capacity, disaster risk reduction, disaster risk management, mitigation, preparedness, prevention, early warning, recovery, response, emergency management
• Hazards in Bangladesh: Flood, cyclone, tornado, river bank erosion, earthquak…
An annual activity commemorating the 2006 Guinsaugon landslide in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte, Philippines. 17 February 2011 marks the 5th Commemoration of the 2006 Guinsaugon landslide which claimed the lives of more than 1,000 individuals. Consequent to the tragic landslide in 2006, the local government developed its capacities and resiliency throu…
This training manual is intended to assist those working on emergency response and disaster risk management. It aims to provide an overview of the major land issues that may arise following a natural hazard, which need to be considered and included in the decision-making processes associated with response, recovery and rehabilitation. These issues also…
This short publication responds to calls from AusAID staff for simple, practical guidance on what integration of disaster risk reduction, climate change and the environment may mean for their programs. While there is general consensus that these issues are important for the long‑term success and sustainability of development outcomes, understanding how…
This book provides reference documents of good practices and integration and the use of local knowledge and action to mitigate the impacts of disasters. These initiatives by people’s organizations, non-governmental organizations, and other help build the country’s resilience to disasters, thereby buttressing the foundation of its development.
Previous closing date (07 September 2011) changed
Background
Swiss cooperation with the South Caucasus region dates back to the earthquake 1988 in Armenia and again became active during the conflicts of 1991-94 (Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh). A regional cooperation office was established in 1999 in Tbilisi and two sub-offices in 2001 and…
In the aftermath of the devastation, the National Adaptation Plan of Action (NAPA) for climate change, announced by the government in 2006, has been all but forgotten, as the country struggles to deal with pressing rebuilding priorities, reports Robert Shaw for AlertNet.
This handbook re-examines the role of women in disaster risk management in the practical context of Bangladesh. In this handbook, an attempt was made to illustrate their achievements along with their risks in a very easy and communicable way. It proposes that if women’s disaster risk reduction techniques are incorporated in the mainstream, then disaster…
By Charles Kelly
The dramatic news coming out of Japan in the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami and ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant may draw attention to the immediacy of the heartbreaking situation at the expense of the near and long term.
The combination of these emergencies is having an enormous impact on J…