Costa Rica

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La publicación presenta en sus 7 capítulos temas como calentamiento global, riesgos ambientales para Costa Rica, impacto en la salud humana, agricultura recursos naturales, acciones de preparación y adaptación, estrategias de gestión ante el

With support from ProVention, IFRC and OAS developed a set of 6 non-technical manuals aimed at promoting community-based disaster risk reduction activities in the following fields:

1. School Maintenance
2. Disaster Mitigation of Rural Water Supplies

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2007-09 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

This leaflet presents the official body responsible for risk management in Costa Rica: the National Commission of Risk Reduction and Emergency Control (CNE). This body coordinates risk reduction, mitigation and response activities. It also reviews the

Addresses Red Cross members and aims to offer them a series of techniques and advice regarding first psychological aid which they can bring to victims of crises. (UNEsCO)

The UNISDR secretariat launches this new publication featuring nine National Platform case studies in an effort to inspire and support the birth of new National Platforms, and also to strengthen existing ones. Governments increasingly recognize the need

This assessment reviewed forecasts and impacts of the 1997-98 El Niño, as well as the climate-related early warning and natural disaster preparedness systems in the following locations in order to improve their ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) and

Three days of torrential tropical rains during late August 2002 swelled Costa Rica’s rivers to bursting point. Landslides swept through the communities of Orosi de Cartago, killing at least seven people, destroying 17 houses and damaging aqueducts