There were five presentation sessions on the following hazards geo hazard risks forest and bush fires floods drought, desertification and land degradation and entomological risks.

Coping with Catastrophic Risks

Disaster risk reduction

In order to reduce disaster risks, countries and communities must first identify risk factors, decide what level of risk is acceptable, and then take steps to reduce risks or transfer them away from affected areas.

A Global Strategy for Disaster Risk

Investing in preparedness and risk reduction

A fire. Yes, a fire. It's always the insurance that pays.

(1) Training Workshop on Community Based Disaster Risk Management

Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer world

Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer future

(b) Identify, assess and monitor disaster risks and enhance early warning

The new concept of integrated risk management was adopted for interventions in disaster situations

Since the tsunami, India and the international community have resolved to intensify and extend disaster risk management programmes along the following lines incorporation of disaster risk management in all recovery and reconstruction efforts conduct of comprehensive multi hazard risk assessments establishment of clear risk reduction guidelines sector by sector and the strengthening of emergency response capacities at all levels.

Signed, Kenny, Chief, Hackensack Fire Department.

In support of this, UNDP will deploy national disaster risk reduction advisers to assist national efforts in capacity building for disaster risk reduction in 20 of the most disaster prone countries of the world.

The use of various satellites and sensors for various burn areas was discussed, including the differences between requirements for analysis of forest fire risk in different regions of Africa.

Unsustainable development patterns can generate new disaster risks.

Integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

General statements Indian Ocean Disaster risk reduction for a safer future

UNCTAD continued its assistance to the insurance sector in close cooperation with Africa's regional insurance organization, the African Insurance Organization (AIO) The 2004 UNCTAD African Insurance Organization (AIO) Seminar on Insurance, Reinsurance and Catastrophe Risks, held in Casablanca, attracted more 400 participants, and resulted in the creation of the Centre for African Catastrophe Risks (CARC ACCR) in Casablanca.

The integration of disaster risk management into the management of water resources includes improvements in multi hazard mapping and warning systems and the enhancement of disaster preparedness at the local, national and regional levels, as well as the promotion of community based disaster risk management practices.

Those efforts involve linking climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, as well as ensuring that implementation of the Millennium Development Goals supports disaster risk reduction.

(1) Strengthening the Regional Capacity for Disasters Reduction through the Integration of Risk Management Approach

All development programmes and investments should be disaster risk sensitive.

It is particularly important for every country to prepare risk assessment maps for specific disasters.

Many of those systems made use of satellite remote sensing data to categorize the fuel type, which was an important factor in determining the risk that a fire would spread.

The position of risk manager, according to one generic job description provided by industry sources, includes responsibility for supervising corporate policy in risk retention and management, fire protection, security and personnel safety.

Pre disaster uses included risk analysis and mapping disaster warning, such as cyclone tracking, drought monitoring, the extent of damage due to volcanic eruptions, oil spills, forest fires and the spread of desertification and disaster assessment, including flood monitoring and assessment, estimation of crop and forestry damages and monitoring of land use change in the aftermath of a disaster.

One approach is to mainstream disaster preparedness and risk reduction concerns into broader governance and poverty reduction programmes that are likely to run in longer cycles, and to boost the capacities and engagement of high risk countries with the deployment of disaster response and risk reduction advisers.

Disaster risk mitigation and preparedness are integral to the planning of human settlements in countries prone to natural disasters.

(d) Disaster risk reduction diminishes the need for humanitarian emergency interventions in the aftermath of disasters

As to the claim of fire risk he submits that both this risk and the alleged security risk were invented by the prison authorities to deny prisoners access to legal documents.

No peace at all!

Disaster risk reduction, peace building, and conflict prevention were, therefore, as important before, during and after a disaster.

Pre disaster uses include risk analysis and mapping disaster warning, such as cyclone tracking, drought monitoring, the extent of damage due to volcanic eruptions, oil spills, forest fires and the spread of desertification and disaster assessment, including flood monitoring and assessment, estimation of crop and forestry damages and monitoring of land use change in the aftermath of disasters.

People should lay emphasis on hydrating and moisturizing in the dry weather. When go outing, people should also pay attention to fire safety and beware of fire.

The more risks are reduced, the easier to transfer some portion of the remaining risk from affected populations to insurers or investors through a variety of financial mechanisms that have been developed specifically for this purpose.

Similarly, in response to the global escalation of wildfires, the Global Fire Monitoring Center had been established by the Government of Germany with the aim of providing early warning of fire danger, near real time monitoring of fire events interpretation and synthesis of fire information and an archive of global fire information, all of which could be accessed through the Internet.

New developments include partnerships in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to promote disaster risk reduction and to design subregional common policies on disaster risk reduction.

Future catastrophes storms, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcano eruptions, forest fires, agricultural or other environmental crises, disease epidemics, or terrorist attacks are likely to result in the same kinds of problems. So it is important to consider the causes of underinsurance and whether our insurance institutions are adequate to the risks that we face.

Natural disasters also increase the risk of violence and looting in urban areas.

Preview now includes data on cyclones, earthquakes, floods, forest fires, tsunamis and volcanoes, as well as a new application providing frequency and exposure to hazards (see http www.grid.unep.ch preview).

Noting the ongoing work of all the working groups established by the Inter Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction, namely the Working Group on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction, the Working Group on Disaster Reduction in Africa, the Working Group on Risk, Vulnerability and Disaster Impact Assessment and the Working Group on the World Conference on Disaster Reduction,

As at April 2005, the Charter had been activated over 70 times (20 times in 2004) in response to landslides, oil spills, floods, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, forest and bush fires, earthquakes, storms and hurricanes.

Several countries found it practical to use disaster resistant hospitals as an example of a benchmark for reducing overall disaster risk.