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Asia Pacific Gateway for Disaster Risk Reduction and Development

The Asia Pacific Gateway for Disaster Risk Reduction and Development (Gateway) promotes mainstreaming DRR into development planning.

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Processed on Dec 20th 2011

The Philippines to use sophisticated geohazard map for disaster reduction

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) received a high-resolution geohazard map as part of the Php260 milli

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Mon, 19/09/2011 - 13:32
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Processed on Sep 19th 2011

Disaster risk and vulnerability conference 2011

Time and Duration
Venue City: 
Kottayam
Basic Information
Date: 
12/03/2011 - 14/03/2011
Venue: 
Mahatma Gandhi University
Venue Country: 
India
More Information Link: 
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/trainings-events/events/v.php?id=16836
Language of event: 
English

The conference aims to bring together specialists, practitioners, academics, students and the public to a common platform.

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Processed on Feb 22nd 2011

II Session of Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in The Americas

Two years after this first session, the UNISDR and the Organization of American States as co-conveners, along with the Government of Mexico as host to this second biannual session, are pleased to a

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Processed on Feb 4th 2011

Fifth PPRD South “prevention and preparedness” training workshop

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Date: 
14/02/2011 - 16/02/2011

Water and Flood Risk Management (FRM) play a key role in economic growth and social development.

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Processed on Feb 1st 2011

Third Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Time and Duration
Venue City: 
Geneva
Basic Information
Date: 
10/05/2011 - 13/05/2011
Venue: 
World Reconstruction Conference
Venue Country: 
Switzerland
Event Organisers: 

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, ISDR

More Information Link: 
http://www.preventionweb.net/globalplatform/2011/
Language of event: 
English

The third session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is gearing up as planning begins in earnest.

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Processed on May 17th 2010

UN-SPIDER at the Second Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Nairobi

Following the invitation of the organisers, UN-SPIDER participated in the Second Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction that took place from 14 to 16 April 2010 at the Kenyatta Int

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Fri, 30/04/2010 - 11:18
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Processed on Apr 30th 2010

khasankhanova_3rd_ws-bonn_22_10_09.pdf

Khasankhanova Gulchekhra. Use of space-based technologies and national SLM-IS for forecasting and reduce of disaster risks in Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan.

Processed on Nov 16th 2009

UN-SPIDER co-chairs inter-agency briefing on use of Remote Sensing for DRR and Emergency Response in Afghanistan

On June 22nd, an inter-agency briefing with UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER took place in Kabul to determine how best to make use of spatial data/mapping tools to support disaster risk reduction and emergency res

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Mon, 22/06/2009 - 18:00
Processed on Jul 8th 2009

Launch of the “SPIDER Global Thematic Partnership”

The Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction took place in Geneva on 15-19 June 2009.

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Fri, 19/06/2009 - 18:00
Processed on Jul 7th 2009