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Displaying 135 of about 482 resultsSubmitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Thailand has been fully awarded of the increase of hazards and the impact of disaster. As the consequence, various disaster and risk reduction activities hace been continuously implementedby all government agencies concerned both at national and local levels, and in harmony with Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a safer World.
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Si, existe una dependencia que tiene a su cargo la coordinación de las acciones del Sistema Nacional para la Prevención y Atención de Desastres, esta es la Dirección de Prevención y Atención de Desastres, dependiente estructuralmente del Ministerio del Interior y de .Justicia, de acuerdo con lo previsto en el Decreto Ley 919 de 1989, por el cual se orga…
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
The British Virgin Islands’ National Disaster Management Council
(NDMC) comprises many and varied committees, governmental and
voluntary organisations, agencies, interest groups, donors, religious bodies and individuals, all of which must be coordinated to function as one organisation in times of crisis and disorder. Each entity is allocated certain tas…
This book aims to improve the South Asian media’s coverage of disasters. It attempts to do this in two ways: first, by providing the media with a better understanding of disasters and their causes; second, by showing how to adopt a more progressive approach to gathering and presenting news that could stimulate more effective action by policy makers and…
This Media Kit has been developed as a guide for media professionals in five Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Timor Léste and Vietnam) to raise the awareness of media professionals about their role in disaster risk reduction; and to enable them to perform that role in an effective manner. The handbook is comprised of two parts. P…
Published in May 2005, Know Risk Epidemics specifically addresses the ways that regional, national and local authorities can increase preparedness for emerging infectious diseases.
The book draws on the extensive knowledge of the scientific and academic community to identify future pandemic threats and suggest ways of combating them successfully. It con…
The Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) reporting
process was initiated in 2000 by the African Ministerial
Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). The first
report, AEO-1, was launched during AMCEN’s 9th
session in Kampala in July 2002, where it was
acknowledged as a flagship publication. This report has
continued to inspire dialogue in the region and has b…
Regions at Risk draws upon the nine regional case-studies - Amazonia, the Aral Sea basin, the Nepal middle mountains, the Ukambani region of Kenya, the Llano Estacado of the North American Southern High Plains, the Basin of Mexico, the North Sea, the Ordos Plateau of China, and the eastern Sundaland region of South-East Asia - to explore the concept of…
The report is published with the objective of presenting in a clear and timely manner, an analytical overview of the state of the environment focusing on issues, policies and strategies of the key environmental challenges confronting the Maldives today. The reports highlights that with the increase in population and socio-economic development, the chall…