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This plan provides detailed elements of a comprehensive and effective national policy, strategy and action plan for reducing risk from landslides on slopes nationwide, for 2009-2023. It also provides an assessment of the status, needs and associated costs

18 countries around the Indian Ocean Rim will participate in an ocean-wide tsunami exercise on 14 October to coincide with World Disaster Reduction Day. The exercise will for the first time test and evaluate the effectiveness of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS)...

'My ministry through the Malaysian Meteorological Department is currently carrying out the second phase of SAATNM to enhance the monitoring and information systems,' said Malaysian science, technology and innovation minister Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili...

This thematic review report on urban risk reduction in Asia was prepared by the Asia Regional Task Force on Urban Risk Reduction (RTF-URR) in the context of progress review in the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. It reviews the status of

This book, consisting of two parts, the theory of Total Disaster Risk Management (TDRM) and good practices for disaster risk management, was compiled for the purpose of promoting TDRM as a comprehensive approach to disaster risk reduction worldwide.

Full report of the South East Asia team:

This study embraces an understanding of adaptation that builds on the IPCC definition of actions that people take in response to, or in anticipation of, projected or actual changes in climate to adjust to and cope

(ENS) - Ministers from more than 40 Asia-Pacific countries gathered in Kuala Lumpur today seeking ways to reduce the social and financial impact of natural disasters in the region...

Over the past year there has been accelerated progress in the construction of child-friendly and earthquake-resistant schools...