UN AND PARTNERS PRODUCE INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT REPORT ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION EFFORTS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Santo Domingo, 19 July – The Dominican Republic today became the first country to receive a progress report from the United Nations and partners on its efforts to implement the Hyogo...
The International Charter The International Charter aims at providing a unified system of space data acquisition and delivery to those affected by natural or man-made disasters through Authorized Users. Each member agency has committed resources to support the provisions of the Charter and thus is...
Safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a human right essential to the full enjoyment of life and all other human rights, the General Assembly declared today, voicing deep concern that almost 900 million people worldwide do not have access to clean water.
CDEMA is seeking technical and financial proposals from qualified Consultants/Consulting Firm to develop the following:
1. A Model National Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Policy and CDM Strategy and Plan of Action Templates.
2. A Model National Disaster Management Office...
Land subsidence, associated hazards and the role of natural resources development.
The relation of fracturing to sediment compaction and subsidence is complex and an important area of research in Mexico, Latin America and globally.
Land subsidence and fracturing are widespread problems in...
The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (GS/OAS) and the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM), with the sponsorship of the Inter-American Network for Disaster Mitigation (INDM), are pleased to announce the Experts Round Table “Floodplain Management with No...
IDEA (Ideas for Development in the Americas) is an economic and social policy newsletter published three times a year by the Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank.
This issue of IDEA was inspired by the myriad questions raised by the successive natural disasters that have struck...
Esta guía para construir Mapas de Riesgos, es un instrumento para las comunidades y las
organizaciones locales, en su trabajo de preparación y de capacitación para hacerle frente a los riesgos y
amenazas a las que están expuestas.
Su formato simplificado, facilita su empleo por parte de las...
