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

. Remote sensing techniques were particularly useful in the identification of areas subject to high natural hazard risks.

Investing in preparedness and risk reduction

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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.

The impact of natural hazards could be reduced by favouring non intensive uses in high risk areas.

At most risk are those on the streets, whereas the high class prostitutes are in the least danger.

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

Identifying high risk munitions

(1) Training Workshop on Community Based Disaster Risk Management

Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer world

America s Risky Recovery

National platforms have also facilitated coordination across sectors at national and regional levels to promote disaster risk reduction awareness.

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.

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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.

This risk is especially high when the affected areas have pre existing patterns of discrimination or ethnic conflict.

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.

Why India is Riskier than China

usage of high risk chemicals materials

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.

Each of the four satellites would be equipped with a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument capable of operating in all visibility conditions at high resolution and in real time, providing information for the following risk management applications floods, droughts, landslides, volcanic seismic activity, forest fires, industrial hazards and water pollution.

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.

Before the disaster, Japan issued about 1.5 billion in earthquake related catastrophe bonds as a risk management device the debt is canceled if a precisely defined seismic event occurs. This design helped spread the earthquake risk from Japan to foreign investors, who could accept the risk and were enticed by higher expected yields.

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

We believe that the stakes are high, but that the returns will be even greater.

Similarly, we attach great importance to risk identification and mitigation, with the highest priority being given to the most vulnerable sectors.

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