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Displaying 105 of about 371 resultsSouthasiadisasters.net, issue no. 129, April 2015
This issue offers a view of what top leadership in South Asia are thinking about managing disaster risk for sustainable development. It highlights the country statements issued by the dispensations of various South Asian nations at the third World Conference of Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR). A compend…
This report presents a study on the cost benefit analyses and cost effectiveness analysis of community-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) interventions in the Caribbean. The DRR interventions, implemented by the International Federation of Red Cross, Port of Spain, in three Caribbean countries, Jamaica, Antigua & Barbuda, and Suriname, comprised th…
The booklet gives an overview of disaster risk management (DRM) achievements in the period between January 2010 and January 2015 in Haiti, one of the countries in the world that is most vulnerable to disasters. It presents accomplishments (i) in mainstreaming DRM in the reconstruction work after the 2010 earthquake, (ii) in stronger coordination between…
In French:
Ce document présente les résultats de l'évaluation des pratiques courantes sur l'île de Mohéli en Union des Comores en matière d’évaluation des risques de tremblement de terre et de glissement de terrain en termes de : (i) méthodologies utilisées; (ii) disponibilité des données à l'évaluation des risques; (iii) institutions agissant comme f…
By Mr. Francis Talasasa
Nuku’alofa, Tonga - Solomon Islands is the first Pacific island nation to set up a Malaria Early Warning System.
The Director of Solomon Islands Meteorological Service, Mr. David Hiriasi said the Malaria Early Warning System module was introduced on the main island of Guadalcanal.
“The malaria early warning system was created…
By Ms. Faumuina Felolini Tafuna’I
Nuku’alofa, Tonga – Samoa’s call for a regional weather and climate declaration to include international frameworks on sustainable development has been answered.
Specifically, Samoa wanted the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) included in the Nuku’alofa Ministerial Declaration for Sustainable Weather and…
Aiming to strengthen the regional response system through clear coordination of roles and responsibilities during a hurricane or other emergencies, the Pan-American Disaster Response Unit (PADRU) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the English speaking Caribbean National Societies along with the Caribbean D…
UNESCO and the University of South Pacific (USP) signed a new partnership agreement on 30th June 2015 to implement the Malaysia Funds- in- Trust project on loss and damage from climate change and climate extremes in multi-countries including Samoa, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, the Cook Islands and Timor Leste. Denis Chang Seng, the Natural Science Program…
The annual meeting of the National Disaster Management Council (NDMC) took on added significance this year with the signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with the British Virgin Islands Airports Authority (BVIAA) and the Insurance Association of the British Virgin Islands (IABVI).
Both agreements formalise working relationships that have been es…
The impacts of disasters affect men and women differently. Due to a variety of socio-economic and cultural factors women tend to be more vulnerable to the negative effects of hazards and often suffer more during emergency situations. According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), women are 14 times more likely than men to lose their lives…
Nuku’alofa, Tonga – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is working with the Government of Tonga to build up the country’s resilience to natural disasters and to help it achieve the goal of providing half of all electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020, said a new ADB energy report.
The Pacific Energy Update 2015 report said ADB’s investment progr…
By Becky Webb
Three months have passed since Tropical Cyclone Pam tore through Vanuatu and Kalangai Mansale (49), pastor of Feneonge village on Emae Island, is still coming to terms with the impact the storm had on his small community.
“The damage to the church was really bad” he said. “This is our main community centre so we are trying to cover it wi…
Jane Rovins of Massey University says Vanuatu's development partners need to do more to help it prepare for disaster, reports Radio New Zealand.
"We spend billions of dollars a year on disaster response and we spend pennies comparatively on disaster risk reduction," said Rovins.
La introducción del enfoque “Género en el Desarrollo” en instrumentos de la estrategia de gestión y planificación de las ciudades vinculadas en el proyecto “Contribución a la elevación de la resiliencia de las principales ciudades de Cuba (Santiago, Bayamo y La Habana)”, constituye el objetivo principal del Taller “Género en Resiliencia Urbana: un acerc…
The fires devastating Indonesia have been called a ‘crime against humanity’, reports the Guardian. How did they start, what damage are they causing and who’s to blame? Satellite data of the fire hotspots shows, forest fires have affected the length and breadth of Indonesia.The fires have been raging since July, with efforts to extinguish them hampered b…