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Caribbean disaster management conference demands that region prepares, not respond to disasters

'Vulnerability has been compounded by the frequency and severity of hazards,' stated Jeremy Collymore of CDERA...
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
Guanaja Island: photo coutesty of NASA/JSC
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Experts discuss coastal environmental challenges at annual meeting

ISDR system partner Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) to participate in a panel on challenges for the Caribbean’s coastal tourism environment at the 10th annual Caribbean conference on sustainable tourism development...
Antigua Sun, Sun Printing & Publishing Ltd.
Floods 2005 Guyana Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment
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Guyana: Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment Following the Intense Flooding of January 2005

This report provides a preliminary assessment of damage incurred, with a special focus on reconstruction needs. It provides donors with an initial assessment of possible intervention needs within six months to a year following the floods.

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