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Afghanistan is a landlocked country with an area of 652,864 sq Km (ref.syb 08-09). The climate is mostly dry with extremes of cold winters and hot summers. Nature’s destructive patterns routinely affect and wreak havoc in the country. Earthquakes are frequent in northern parts of the country an…
The goal of BCPR’s presence in UNDP Regional Service Centers (RSCs) is to ensure substantive advice on crisis prevention and recovery (CPR) issues to all UNDP work streams. Specifically, the BCPR/RSC component provides substantive partnerships support and performs cross-practice integration and coordination functions strengthening BCPR support to UNDP C…
The goal of BCPR’s presence in UNDP Regional Service Centers (RSCs) is to ensure substantive advice on crisis prevention and recovery (CPR) issues to all UNDP work streams. Specifically, the BCPR/RSC component provides substantive partnerships support and performs cross-practice integration and coordination functions strengthening BCPR support to UNDP C…
Asian Disaster Preparedness is implementing a program that facilitates the integration of tsunami warning in early warning systems of Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam, with funding support from American Red Cross. The programme aims to strengthen multi-hazard warning systems in the countries by:
a) assisting countries to establish early…
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Prior to the earthquake of January 2010, UNDP Haiti was working in six main areas: Rule of Law and Security, Poverty Reduction, Democratic Governance, Disaster Risk Reduction, Early Recovery and Environment and Energy.
In responses to the devastating effects of the earthquake, UNDP Haiti will now be re-directing its efforts to respond to th…
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Tetra Tech ARD (www.ardinc.com) is currently accepting expressions of interest from potential Technical Operations Manager candidates interested in participating in Tetra Tech ARD’s submission for the upcoming USAID-funded global Food Security Early Warning Systems (FEWS NET) program. This high profile, large, complex and longstanding U.S. go…
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Following the objectives set out in UNDP’s global corporate strategic Plan for 2008 – 2011 (extended to 2013), UNDP has contributed to Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in Malawi for over a decade by supporting Government and other stakeholder efforts to minimise risks and better respond to natural disasters. Under the current UNDP’s Country Pr…
Rationale
Governments around the world are starting to acknowledge and prepare for the impacts of climate-related risks. During the last decade, climate change adaptation policies are being established and integrated in disaster risk reduction and/or development programs. However, many of these strategies remain relatively ‘static’ vis-à-vis the varyi…
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La 20e rèunion du comité spécial pour la réduction des risques de catastrophe aura à l'ordre du jour :
Adoption de l’Ordre du jour et des questions de procédure
Présentation de l’état d’avancement du Projet “SHOCS”
Présentation du Projet « SHOCS II »
Présentation du Projet « Risque Urbain »
Présentation du Projet « Répons…
The theme of the 9th APRU Research Symposium on multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim is “integrated management and perspective strategy for reducing risk of multi-hazards”. Scholars and experts from around the Pacific Rim and APRU universities will share and exchange inter-disciplinary knowledge on multi-hazard researches. In the two-day symposium, disc…
Purpose
To enhance the capacity of policymakers in obtaining reliable climate information, choosing planning tools, interpretation of risks, and application of resulting knowledge for mainstreaming climate change adaptation in agricultural sectoral planning.
Background
Climate change and agriculture are interrelated processes. Agriculture is sensitiv…
The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on 11 March 2011 caused nearly 20,000 people to lose their lives.
Since the event many national and international post-tsunami field surveys have been carried out. Performance analyses of tsunami early warning systems in place at the time of this event have also been done. Based on these surveys and performan…
This law makes the Department of Emergency Preparedness responsible for organizing matters related to prevention of natural disasters. The department must prepare and implement measures to prevent natural disasters or reduce the impacts of their aftereffects. Specific disaster risk reductions provisions include: article 4(5) and article 5(12) which deal…
LocationSantiago del ChileDegreeDiplomaDescriptionIn Spanish:
Por cuarto año consecutivo, el Diplomado es organizado por la Fundación Henry Dunant América Latina y el Instituto Internacional Henry Dunant. Su propósito es contribuir a un mejor conocimiento y comprensión de los principios, conceptos y alcances del Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Hu…
These three sectoral reports were produced to complete the Malaysian National slope master plan 2009-2023 with the aim of formulating a detailed, comprehensive and effective framework of policies, strategies and action plans to reduce risks from landslides on slopes nationwide. The plan included activities at the national, state and local levels in both…