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Displaying 57 of about 57 resultsPress Release No: G/27/2011
Bangkok – Asia-Pacific countries ended three days of talks at a United Nations forum here today, agreeing to work more closely together on disaster risk reduction and make this central to national development strategies.
Ministers and senior government officials from 31 countries, who met at the Second Session of the Commit…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Bermuda, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as earthquake, flood, volcanic eruption, tornado, wildfire and hurricane. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
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This comprehensive risk analysis of the Seychelles is intended to determine the nature of the hazards and vulnerabilities that need to be addressed. It is one of the first steps in the process of supporting the Government of the Seychelles, with the establishment of a comprehensive Early Warning and Disaster Management system with appropriate mechanism…
This document presents a South-East Asia specific disaster risk reduction framework that provides more specific guidance to National Societies in acknowledgement of the Framework for Community Safety and Resilience and global guidance, which outlines the Red Cross Red Crescent approach to disaster risk reduction and guides National Society contributions…
Kit includes booklet and poster
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre press release
Geneva/Oslo - Over 42 million people across the world were forced to flee due to disasters triggered by sudden-onset natural hazards in 2010, according to a new study by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)’s Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). In 2009, 17 million people…
Expertos italianos comparten con sus homólogos de República Dominicana, la experiencia de esa nación en la implementación de sistemas de prevención de desastres y gestión de riesgos de inundaciones y su relación con las variables climáticas; el uso del suelo y la evaluación del riesgo por deslizamientos e inundaciones según Hoy Digital.
"A well-oiled prevention system that involves the entire country, from the highest spheres of government to the most isolated rural community, makes Cuba one of the best-prepared countries in the world when it comes to preventing deaths and mitigating risks in case of disasters," according to IPS news. Their recent article reports about the latest commu…
Geneva, 12 October 2017 - Following the devastation wrought on his Caribbean island home by Hurricane Maria, the Prime Minister of Dominica, Mr. Roosevelt Skerrit, is calling on the world not “to turn its back” on the problem of climate change and for greater investment in disaster risk reduction.
In a message for International Day for Disaster Re…
Suva – Producing and using disaggregated disaster and climate data is vital to build a resilient Blue Pacific that includes some of the region’s most vulnerable populations.
This was the headline call from female leaders representing different sectors to policymakers and practitioners across the region.
The ‘Counting women: using disaggregated…
About 2.6 million hectares of land in Indonesia was burned between June and October 2015, mainly on Indonesia's Sumatra and Borneo islands
By Michael Taylor
KUALA LUMPUR — A Singaporean charity is working with villagers in Indonesia to restore ancient peatlands, seeking to curb the haze that chokes the region every year, organisers said on Thursd…
The Government of Samoa in partnership with the Pacific Community today launched its Fire Reduction Strategy aimed at reducing the number of fires whilst increasing fire safety and awareness across the country.
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Hon. Fiame Naomi Mataafa officially launched the strategy and explained im…