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This study aims to present the legal aspects related to involving various national and international disaster management stakeholders in the countries where the Indian Ocean Regional Intervention Platform (PIROI) operates. As such, the study selected

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24 countries bordering the Indian Ocean will engage in Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2018, a large-scale tsunami exercise based on two scenarios. The exercises will give Indian Ocean countries an opportunity to test standard operating procedures, communication links between stakeholders, communities’ tsunami preparedness and evacuation procedures.
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Ce guide d’information fournit des méthodes visant à réduire la vulnérabilité des populations face aux risques et aux conséquences des catastrophes naturelles dans la zone Sud-Ouest de l’Océan Indien. Plusieurs informations de base sont

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Cette carte montre le risque sismique en France métropolitaine ainsi que les DOM-TOM.

Le décret publié au JO du 24 octobre 2010, redéfinit en effet le zonage sismique du territoire français, en prenant en compte l'amélioration des connaissances en la


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