Civil society/NGOs

This briefing paper introduces the subject of disaster risk reduction and outlines ActionAid’s recommendations for action in the context of the Hyogo Framework for Action.

This paper presents a short introduction to ActionAid's main proposals for addressing the subject of disaster risk reduction.

An Afghanistan-based project with the dual goal of preventing downstream flood damage, and increasing land productivity through holistic watershed management, has won the 7th Swiss Re 2009 International ReSource Award for sustainable watershed management...

SEEDS India reports from the international conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in New Delhi: savings through disaster prevention, and investments in disaster risk reduction were at the top of the agenda...

Deputy Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Ali Saleh Abdullah calls for a national strategy to face disasters based on government and non-governmental organization partnerships in disaster management...

A call for coordination, among the government bodies, NGOs and agencies to promote children's adaptation to climate change, was made yesterday at a roundtable organized by Save the Children in Bangladesh...

LEISA magazine on low external input and sustainable agriculture, vol. 24:4, December 2008

In Dhala, India, farmers have been blending traditional and "improved" farming practices to adapt to the changes in climate they are experiencing. By including

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'Visión de Primera Línea' es un proyecto de investigación y acción realizado por protagonistas de la sociedad civil conjuntamente con organismos gubernamentales. Su propósito es medir el avance hacia la implementación del Marco de Acción de