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This calendar has been developed to help better prepare for food-related emergencies. It works by combining the most authoritative data on seasonal hazards like floods, droughts, pests and cyclones with information about crop cycles and weather patterns.

Photo of Mount Fako, Cameroon by John and Mel Kots, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic http://www.flickr.com/photos/melanieandjohn/2347261849/sizes/m/in/photostream/
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Mount Fako is renowned for its spate of eruptions. Oluwole Olusegun Akiyode and Awa Mangie Achu Samba have looked through historic perspectives, developmental antecedents of residents and indigenous communities and are highlighting the need for an effective disaster risk reduction policy for the region...
University for Peace
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This newsletter aims highlights the activities and outputs of a project designed to address the multidisciplinary aspects of volcanic threat assessment and management in the International Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPCs) and Europe, from prevention

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Lors la cérémonie de clôture des activités de 19e journée mondiale de la lutte contre la désertification, Adamaoua, Zang III, qui présidait la session a appeler chaque citoyen à prendre conscience du danger qui guette le Cameroun à travers l’avancée du désert, selon Maturin Petsoko...
Journal du Cameroun, YOGAM Communications
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This document features 10 tips which aim to ensure a secure behaviour and the improvement of a risk prevention culture amongst the population of Cameroon. Initially written for the International Day of the Prevention of Disasters in 2007 under the theme

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Selon le Journal du Cameroun, malgré de nombreux efforts et un cadre législatif renforcé, le Cameroun tarde à avoir un système de protection civile pertinent...
Journal du Cameroun, YOGAM Communications
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Communiqué de la Direction de la Protection Civile du République du Cameroun portant la création d'un centre sous-régional de protection civile au Cameroun.
Ministère de l'Administration Territoriale et Décentralisation
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Mobilizing, collecting and sharing information in crisis or risk situations, final report:

This document reports on a project aimed at studying the dissemination, collection and use of health information in risk and crisis situations. The research was


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