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GENEVA, 10 November 2011 – Eighteen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have agreed to tighten up on school safety while also integrating disaster risk reduction into the school curriculum, following high-level talks on education in Panama City.
Between 1970 and 2009, over 32,000 schools in South America were damaged or destro…
This evaluation, solicited by the Government of Chile, demonstrates the political will of the Chilean State to advance the issue of disaster risk reduction in addition to mainstreaming disaster risk reduction in the management of public policies - one of the greatest challenges faced and the only possible solution for building resilience in the face of…
Geneva – Strict building codes in Chile, the legacy of a devastating 9.5 magnitude earthquake in 1960, continue to play a large part in protecting people even when an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck 50 near Concepcion on 27 February 2010, says UNISDR.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake of 12 January, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which struck closer to the surfa…
The event commemorates the occurrence of the 2010 earthquake (February 27, one year after). 80 most affected municipalities from the regions of Bio-Bio, of Maule and of L.G.B. O'Higgins are invited to exchange their experiences.
The aim is to establish the maximum commitment by all stakeholders to accelerate the process of reconstruction including risk…