Reports

Cooperative Agreement Number 388-A-00-09-00037-00 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CRS and Caritas Bangladesh initiated Somriddhi (SIDR-Affected Community-Led Action for Livelihood Restoration and Disaster Risk Reduction Project), Cooperative Agreement No. 388-A-00-09-00037-00 in April 2009. The goal of the project was that…

NAN, 28 June 2011 (NNT)-Nan Governor Mr. Senee Jitkasem said although the water levels had stabilized, the inundation still posed hazards to residents. He cited the need to keep monitoring the weather this time around, adding that…

MANILA, 27 June 2011 (IRIN) - As yet another tropical storm has been battering parts of the Philippine island of Luzon over the past few days, leaving thousands displaced, the government has set up a Technical…

The Indonesian Context Indonesia is a vast archipelago located in the Pacific Ocean comprising 17,508 islands. The country faces multiple challenges with regard to disaster risk. Firstly, it is exposed to a large number of natural hazards,…

INTRODUCTION Disasters, with ever increasing frequency and intensity, are a major humanitarian concern. But disasters can be mitigated and their impact minimised if people take steps to reduce risks. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) measures are far less…

New Report Highlights Potential to Save Lives, Protect the Environment, and Address Climate Change through Advanced Cookstoves Press Release No:2011/561/SDN WASHINGTON, DC, June 21, 2011 – A World Bank report released today says that the time is right…

By BRIAN MCCARTAN Fierce fighting in Kachin state adds to speculation that widespread civil war may not be far off in Burma. Three separate insurgencies and the potential for more to break out threaten the country’s internal…

Guidance Note 2011 is formulated for preparing the Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan. This note is prepared from the feedback of all the humanitarian partners. The taskforce was formed under the leadership of Under Secretary/Disaster Management…

The concept of Ecosystem based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) involves improving the understanding of the landscape, natural resources, ecosystem, economic opportunities, disaster potential and vulnerabilities of populations in a given region and taking action to promote…

Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2011 Event: Launch of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 Speaker: Barnaby Jones, UNDP Deputy Country Director (Operations) Your Excellency, Vice Minister Dao Xuan Hoc; Mr. Andrew Maskrey, Coordinator and lead author of the…