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We produce a range of publications by collecting and analysing risk data through a range of tools, knowledge products, and mobilising like-minded partners.

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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

Documents and publications
Reports
Regional synthesis report on implementation of the HFA in Asia and Pacific 2007-2008/09

The main objective of this report is to provide a synthesized overview of some of the main achievements, challenges and issues in implementing the Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA) in the Asia/ Pacific region from 2007-2009 as identified by national and

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Documents and publications
Know disaster, tell disaster risk reduction: training handbook for media professionals

This handbook is designed for media professionals who are interested in issues regarding disaster risk reduction. It aims to help conceptualize the risks, expand knowledge on how to incorporate disaster risk reduction in current programmes, and design and

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
SEEDS - Asia
Documents and publications
Building resilience to tsunami in the Indian Ocean: action research, IEC and practices

This report on Project Selamat, aimed at building community level coping capacities towards long-term resilience as a direct implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), describes the activities of academic institutions working with NGOs and

European Union
Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Documents and publications
Regional synthesis report on HFA implementation in Asia and Pacific: an overview of reports by countries up to 2007

Based on the National Reports to the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) and the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Progress Report to the First Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR):

This report is an overview of

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
Asian Disaster Reduction Center
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Documents and publications
Handbook on good building design and construction in the Philippines

This handbook was made to provide simple information to home owners, designers and builders, and building monitors to teach principles of good design and good construction in a natural hazard prone area. Thoroughly studied, they will also guide on whether

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
European Commission
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Documents and publications
UNDRR Document
UNISDR secretariat Asia Pacific office evaluation, 6 March 2009: evaluation report

The central purpose of this evaluation is to report on progress in achieving results relating to outputs and outcomes. It is essentially an organizational assessment of the relevance, performance and impact of the regional UNISDR secretariat in Asia and

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Documents and publications
Disaster risk reduction, concepts and measures

Training module on climate change considerations in the coastal zone and disaster risk reduction, session 3, Mangroves for the Future regional training course, Semarang, Indonesia, 27-31 October, 2008:

This presentation emphasizes practical demonstration

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Documents and publications
Estimating the recurrence interval and behavior of tsunamis in the Indian Ocean via a survey of tsunami-related sedimentation

This symposium report focuses on mitigation strategies for tsunami disasters, tsunami warning systems and historical and pre-historical tsunamis associated with earthquakes in the Indian Ocean. The results of the project, upon which this symposium was

National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention
European Commission
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Documents and publications
Indigenous knowledge: disaster risk reduction, policy note

This policy note aims to provide a directional path for mainstreaming indigenous knowledge in disaster risk reduction by national authorities and ministries of disaster management and education, institutions of higher education in disaster management, and

European Union
Sustainable Environmental and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Documents and publications
Disaster reduction in Asia and Pacific: ISDR informs, issue 3, 2007

This issue includes:
- Editorial
- UN/ISDR Global News
- UN/ISDR Regional News
- Partners In Action
- Thematic Areas of Focus
- Education
- International Day For Disaster Reduction
- The Hyogo Framework for Action
- Debate
- Training Opportunities
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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

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