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A Practitioner’s perspective on disaster risk management in Latin America and the Caribbean, September 2013:

This issue asserts that data is essential to inform decisions aimed at reducing disaster risk and presents examples of interventions and outcomes

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This report presents the findings of a study commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to review the status of development and implementation of disaster risk management (DRM) plans for the agriculture sector

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This edition of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) newsletter describes four UN-SPIDER missions which promote disaster risk reduction (DRR): the mission to promote mitigation

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This report presents the findings of an assessment undertaken by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) during 2010-2011 which assessed the institutional and technical capacities and needs of the Caribbean region to support Multi-hazard Early Warning

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This report describes major activities and events related to the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) in the Americas.
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A declaration adopted by the Member States of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) on September 27, 2012, on the sidelines of the 67th United Nations General Assembly, calling for urgent action to address the climate change crisis which Small

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This technical notes report encompasses a wide range of best practices, project evaluations, lessons learned, and case studies regarding disaster relief and relief management in Belize. Issues addressed: (i) whether the disaster deficit index illustrates

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This report assesses the specific needs of the sixteen member countries of the Facility to determine how each of the countries views the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), a regional catastrophe fund for Caribbean governments designed

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