Natural and environmental disasters

Monitoring of man made and natural disasters

Currently, it was focusing on natural, rather than man made disasters.

Natural calamity.

Disaster control

They have reminded the international community of the vulnerability of many parts of the world to both natural and human created environmental disasters.

GDOS is a modified version of WEDOS, which facilitates the location of disasters and is capable of repeatedly observing a disaster site.

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

The network will facilitate the exchange of information on research and training activities as well as direct experiences in disaster risk management and mitigation among researchers and disaster managers.

There is also a need to draw a distinction between natural disasters and terrorist disasters caused by man.

IV. Natural disasters

The country often suffers from drought and locust plagues.

Major impediments to sustained growth are disasters, which often result in an affected country shifting its economic policies to sustain the energy required to cope with disaster response and subsequent reconstruction.

Natural hazards cannot be prevented, but damage caused by hazards can be prevented and avoided by proper preparedness, response and mitigation efforts.

Their disastrous effects, however, can be lessened significantly if well conceived disaster response plans and mitigation strategies are in place prior to their occurrence.

DPCCN Department of Prevention and Combat of Natural Calamities

Its United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) teams, dispatched to a disaster site within hours, routinely carry messaging or phone fax satcoms when assessing disasters.

(v) The tourism sector in developing countries is especially vulnerable to natural and man made disasters.

Disaster management agencies.

The question was also raised regarding the rationale for excluding natural disasters but not other kinds of disasters, such as epidemics or man made disasters.

Recent experiences in sudden onset and other disasters, including the Indian Ocean tsunami, have underscored the critical importance of disaster risk reduction.

The regional meetings were attended by disaster management officials from disaster prone and responding countries in the region.

To intensify cooperation to reduce the number and effects of natural and man made disasters.

1. Expresses its solidarity with the peoples of the countries that have been struck by natural calamities as they cope with the consequences of these disasters

(a) Space technology applications for preventing and mitigating the effects of natural disasters

66. He hoped that the International Decade for National Disaster Reduction would result in a more focused plan of action to mitigate the effects of such disasters and to assist disaster prone countries in the area of preparedness.

Particular attention should be given to establishing an international early warning and threat reduction system for natural disasters and for reducing the danger they pose.

There are disasters of a clearly natural origin, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis, which cannot be prevented and which constitute only 15 per cent of all disasters.

165. Disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness are of primary importance for reducing the need for disaster relief.

Disaster risk reduction

natural disasters (theme 1)

12. Disaster Management Programme (DMP)

Australia, as a country that itself is prone to natural disasters, is acutely aware of the threat they pose and of the importance of disaster mitigation and preparedness.

Emphasizing the importance of international cooperation in support of the efforts of the affected States in dealing with natural disasters in all their phases, including prevention, preparedness, mitigation and recovery and reconstruction, and of strengthening the response capacity of affected countries,

Those disasters have reminded us all of the vulnerability of human life to natural disasters and also of the disproportionate effects they have on poor people.

The leadership of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, in coordinating system wide response to national and environmental disasters, is defined by the Hyogo Framework for Action.

Seriously concerned about the devastating impact of disasters,The term disasters refers to natural or technological disasters. causing the loss of lives and property, displacing people from their homes and destroying their livelihoods, and causing tremendous damage to societies around the world,

Disasters are also closely correlated with poverty, as low income countries are disproportionately affected by them.

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,

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is continuing its efforts to improve disaster management by broadening participation in the disaster assessment and coordination teams.

CDERA coordinates disaster relief in the Caribbean region.

Natural disasters know no boundaries.

The World Conference on Disaster Reduction,

(h) Coastal hazard preparedness.

H. Women and Disaster Situations