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The Dominican Republic became the first country to receive a progress report from the United Nations and partners on its efforts to implement the Hyogo Framework for Action, receiving recommendations to strengthen building codes and incorporate “vulnerability reduction” targets in projects funded by both the public and private sector. Margareta Wahlström, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, presented the report at an event at the Presidential Palace in Santo Domingo.

'You have been pioneers in calling attention to the specific vulnerability of Small Island States to climate change. Adaptation strategies to this very real threat will require sizeable and sustained investment' said the United Nations Secretary-General...

The Dominican Today highlights the country's need for equipment such as weather radars and regrets that risk mitigation projects have not yet evolved into permanent and sustainable policies...

'This study tries to establish the causal effect between natural disasters and economic growth. Economies usually recover, unless the disaster increases the likelihood of a radical political revolution’ said Eduardo Cavallo...

In a statement issued by Intemón Oxfam (Spain), last week, the non-governmental organization warned of the Dominican Republic’s vulnerability to natural hazards and regretted the Government’s 'lack of resolve' to deal with the situation...

Formed under disaster risk reduction and disaster preparedness projects carried out in the Dominican Republic in 2008 and 2009, the Community Disaster Preparedness and Response Committees were ready to help their neighbouring country, Haiti, when it was hit by the devastating earthquake in January...

These upcoming NASA flights - and others in the coming weeks, months and years - will help scientists better assess the geophysical processes associated with earthquakes along large faults and better understand the risks...

As part of the new regional strategy focusing on disaster risk reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean, USAID/OFDA recently awarded funding to support projects in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, and Peru, as well as a series of workshops on DRR and protection and gender issues...