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Displaying 30 of about 1001 resultsDrought and warmer temperatures make vegetation dynamicxs crucial to fire behavior and effects
A new conceptual framework for incorporating the way plants use carbon and water, or plant dynamics, into fine-scale computer models of wildland fire provides a critical first step toward improved global fire forecasting.
“Understanding the influences of veg…
California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and the USDA Forest Service, along with support from Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, has developed Planscape – a new wildfire resilience planning tool that uses state and federal resilience data to create user-friendly models that will be easily accessible to land planners. A d…
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Tetra Tech ARD, a leading international development consulting firm based in Burlington, Vermont and Washington, D.C., is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified national, regional and local technical and policy experts for the USAID funded Biodiversity and Watersheds Improved for Stronger Economy and Ecosystem Resilience…
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Following an evaluation in 2005 after the Boxing Day tsunami, the French Red Cross (FRC) decided to open a bilateral delegation to the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) in Yangon. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the FRC and the MRCS on the 6th March 2007, after approximately 18 months of negotiations (the Mo…
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations systems designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level.
Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments an…
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The Asia-Pacific region encompasses large areas of high disaster risk. Hazards affecting the region include floods, drought, typhoons and cyclones, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and tsunamis. The Pacific region has special risks due to the large number of small island states which are particularly vulnerable to typhoons and drought and…
This e-learning course focuses on disaster risk management (DRM) at the city level. Participants will learn, in particular, about planning and decision making under uncertainty and how to make their cities more resilient to climate change impacts and natural disasters. The course provides cutting edge tools on vulnerability assessment, institutional ass…
This conference is dedicated to the study and exposition of the status and prospects of engineering in support of a bright future for humanity in the midst of a rapidly changing and uncertain environment, both physical and sociological due to climate change.
Engineering for adaptation:
Programs and measures to reduce GHG emissions will simply slow th…
The international conference will promote the debate of relevant issues among engineers and researchers in soil and rock mechanics and in environmental fields. An important challenge for scientists is not only to advance in the knowledge on technical matters but also to promote the teaching of these aspects in a wide sense and to increase the awareness…
Objective:
To present the latest in beach preservation technology and real-world practice.
To provide a technological transfer from the scientific and engineering community to government officials who make the decisions on coastal projects and policies.
Conference Highlights:
Two sessions devoted to the issue of hardbottom and mitigati…
The theme of this conference is Sustainable Agriculture in Baltic Sea Region with focus on climate change. After one day of general presentations and discussions two parallel sessions are planned.
1. Plant production, plant nutrition, plant protection
2. Livestock production, environment, animal health
It is hoped that presentations and discussions will…
Following the success of the first two conferences on Coastal Processes held in Malta in 2009 and Naples in 2011, it has been decided to reconvene the meeting in Gran Canaria.
Conference Topics
Wave modelling
Hydrodynamic modelling
Effects of climate change in coastal zones
Coastal defences
Energy recovery
Sediment transport and…
This is a one-day performance level training course that develops the participant's ability to apply coastal risk reduction and opportunity enhancement measures to coastal floodplain management. The course format is as follows:
• Modules 1 and 2 will introduce the course scenario, with Module 2 concluding with an activity requiring teams of learners…
The Global Conference on Disaster Management is the premier event addressing issues common to all aspects of disaster and emergency preparedness and disaster management in the world. GCDM includes a variety of insightful and knowledgeable speakers while providing excellent opportunities for training and networking with experts and practitioners in:
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Working together in Europe and the Mediterranean for the prevention of disasters, preparedness and response:
The objective of this plan is to provide a political and technical instrument containing priorities and guidelines for the action of the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) for the next five years, improving its effectiv…