The countries of the Central American region and the Dominican Republic are highly vulnerable and exposed to all types of natural hazards, which have intensified due to the effects of climate change.

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Disaster risk management is the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, contributing to the ...

Harnessing the collective capabilities of APRU universities for interdisciplinary research in disaster management, students attended talks by the professors from different universities and ...

In Colombia, World Bank support helped extend social protection to approximately 340,000 households and supported the incorporation of disaster risk management into new construction, renovation, or ...

SAWS partners with Santam to enhance disaster risk management The South African Weather Service (SAWS) and Santam have announced a partnership to strengthen the country’s early warning and forecasting ...

Dr Jonathan Annipen critiques eThekwini's disaster management policy, urging for proactive measures and interdepartmental ...

THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reported a P34.23-billion balance in the National Disaster Risk Reduction and ...

The Department of Science and Technology-Cordillera (DOST-CAR) has turned over a disaster knowledge kiosk to the Kalinga provincial government to strengthen the province’s disaster preparedness. Vice ...