Where people and their land are safer: A compendium of good practices in disaster risk reduction

This publication showcases important linkages between Sustainable Land Management (SLM) and DRR for reducing present and future disasters by preserving and restoring natural resources that ensure livelihoods. It also provides valuable insights into best practices across the globe.

This publication serves as a tool for stakeholders – whether planners, advisors, extension agents, or development consultants – from different sectors (be it DRR, water and sanitation, food security, or agriculture) to include good DRR practices in the planning, design and implementation of development and humanitarian projects.

The aim of the compendium is therefore to contribute to the up- and outscaling of proven land-based/land-related practices in DRR by sharing and mainstreaming existing, and emerging, knowledge and experiences. Part 1 introduces disasters and development (Chapter 1.1) and then existing key concepts in DRR (Chapter 1.2) which are relevant to the understanding of synergies with SLM (Chapter 1.3). It also looks at recent international policy developments relevant for both DRR and SLM (Chapter 1.4). Furthermore, it proposes a simple classification system, which arranges good DRR practices into different groups and an analysis and assessment of the practices (Chapter 2) of which a selection is presented later in Part 2. Part 1 ends with conclusions and policy points (Chapter 3). Part 2 showcases 30 validated DRR practices from 11 countries around the globe, applied by the NGOs of the Swiss NGO DRR Platform.