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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

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A new UNISDR study of the private sectors in Dominica and the British Virgin Islands finds that even though most businesses had disaster continuity plans, Maria and Irma revealed that they were unprepared for a level 5 hurricane. Businesses must recognize

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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The Country Document for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) presents a 2016 analysis of the current status of DRR in Haiti and is written and published in French.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
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 Country document for disaster risk reduction: Antigua and Barbuda, 2016
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The Country Document for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) presents a 2016 analysis of the status of DRR in Antigua and Barbuda.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
National Office of Disaster Services
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This publication is the result of a consultation process led by FAO and UNISDR during 2016 in light of the release of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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The updated Suriname Country Document on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) analyses the status of disaster risk reduction at the district and community levels, namely the two districts of Para and Commewijne:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
National Coordination Center For Disaster Relief
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The communication guidelines presented in this report build on the systematization of good practices on DRR communication in the Caribbean region, by presenting guidelines to expand and replicate the good practices in a systematic, consistent manner. The

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
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This publication features 50 good practices, tools and initiatives that were supported under the 2015-2016 DIPECHO Action Plan.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Documents and publications

In Spanish:

El presente documento tiene como objetivo medir el avance en materia de reducción del riesgo de desastres en Panamá, tomando como base las prioridades de los instrumentos globales en dicha temática, adoptados por los Estados Miembros de las

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
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This study identifies and documents the advances, obstacles and limitations of national platform processes for disaster risk reduction in the Americas.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Documents and publications

Identificación de elementos para la formulación de una Estrategia Suramericana para la reducción del riesgo de desastres liderada por el Grupo de Trabajo de Alto Nivel para la Gestión Integral del Riesgo de Desastres de UNASUR.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
Union of South American Nations

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