Disaster mitigation
VIDEO: Tsunami-detection system
Source: Reuters
Dec. 1 - Thailand unveils its first tsunami-detection buoy Almost two years after the devastating Asian tsunami, Thailand has unveiled its first detection buoy. The device will be situated a ...
Source: Reuters
Dec. 1 - Thailand unveils its first tsunami-detection buoy Almost two years after the devastating Asian tsunami, Thailand has unveiled its first detection buoy. The device will be situated a ...
Activists say Myanmar forcing voters and neglecting aid
Source: AlertNet
BANGKOK, May 10 (AlertNet) - While international aid workers wait for visas to get into Myanmar, a week after a Cyclone Nargis killed tens of thousands and left a million homeless, rights activists ...
Source: AlertNet
BANGKOK, May 10 (AlertNet) - While international aid workers wait for visas to get into Myanmar, a week after a Cyclone Nargis killed tens of thousands and left a million homeless, rights activists ...
MYANMAR RELIEF: Who's there and how can you donate?
Source: AlertNet
Which aid agencies are working on the ground in cyclone-hit Myanmar? How you can donate? Below are details of AlertNet member aid agencies that are now providing relief amid the devastation of ...
Source: AlertNet
Which aid agencies are working on the ground in cyclone-hit Myanmar? How you can donate? Below are details of AlertNet member aid agencies that are now providing relief amid the devastation of ...
UGANDA: Funding shortfall worries
agencies, government
Source: IRIN
Humanitarian activities in northern Uganda, which is emerging from more than two decades of civil war, are being curtailed because of a decline in funding and rising costs, aid agencies and a government minister have warned.
Source: IRIN
Humanitarian activities in northern Uganda, which is emerging from more than two decades of civil war, are being curtailed because of a decline in funding and rising costs, aid agencies and a government minister have warned.
SRI LANKA: Snakes and Ladders
Source: IRIN
Disaster management experts in Sri Lanka have found a novel use for the snakes and ladders board game - training children in disaster mitigation. The snakes represent disasters while the ladders are mitigation methods. When a player gets to a snake he slides down on the board but when he reaches a ladder he moves up.
Source: IRIN
Disaster management experts in Sri Lanka have found a novel use for the snakes and ladders board game - training children in disaster mitigation. The snakes represent disasters while the ladders are mitigation methods. When a player gets to a snake he slides down on the board but when he reaches a ladder he moves up.
Background
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DISASTERPEDIA: A one-stop info shop on disasters |
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World Conference on Disaster Reduction 2005 |
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IFRC report attacks myth of helpless disaster victim |
Related links
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International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
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World Disasters Report 2004 |
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World Disasters Report 2003 |
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World Disasters Report 2002 |
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World Disasters Report 2001 |
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World Disasters Report 2000 |