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Newsletter ISDR Inform - Latin America and the Caribbean
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International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
 

ISDR Informs - Latina America and the Caribbean
Issue 4, 2001

Content
Editorial

Disaster Risk Reduction as an Essential Part of Sustainable Development
By Sálvano Briceño, Director ISDR Secretariat

 
Global ISDR
The International Day for Disaster Reduction in 2001
Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) Receives the 2001 United Nations
Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION “Countering Disasters, Targeting Vulnerability”
Celebrating the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
Outline for Cooperation with National Platforms
INTER-AGENCY SECRETARIAT FOR THE ISDR
   
Disaster in the Region
Earthquake in Southern Peru: A Test To Local And National Capacity
Droughts: Not-So-Minor Disasters
Damage Assessment – ECLAC Updates Its Manual for Estimating the
Socio-Economic Effects of Natural Disasters
Workshop: Lessons learned from the Earthquakes occurred in
El Salvador in 2001
 
Contributions
Community-Operated Early Warning Systems In Central America
Program for Managing the Risk due to Natural and Anthropogenic Threaths in the Municipality of Pilón, Granma Province, Cuba.
Seismic Prevention and Urban Development
Public Communication: Small Formats Can Have a Big Impact on
Disaster Prevention
New Approaches for Risk Management
   
Partners in Action
Caribbean Region Preparing for Climate Change
World Forum on the Contribution of Latin America to the Universe of the 21st Century hosts Disaster Symposium: the Benefits of an Interdisciplinary Approach to Disaster Reduction
The International Research Centre for the El Niño Phenomenon (IRCEN)
Innovative Communication Practices Convey Disaster Reduction Message
to Central American Communities
Programme for Flood Vulnerability Reduction and Development of Early Warning Systems in Minor River Basins in Central America
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Transport Sector to Natural Hazards
Humanitarian Logistics Systems Must Improve, Experts Say
PREANDINO
EDUCATION
   
Kids an Youth
How to prepare Risk Maps
   
Multimedia
Information for Vulnerability Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean
CARDIN
Improving Access to Health and Disaster Information a Progress Report
Publications
 


ISDR Informs – a Magazine for Latin America and the Caribbean,
is produced by the Regional Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean, part of the UN Inter Agency Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in Geneva.

The information and opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the policies of the ISDR Secretariat.

Credits:
Editor: Elina Palm
General Production: Margarita Villalobos Mora
Graphic Design: Mario Barrantes
Cover Design: Mario Barrantes
Photographs:EIRD, GFMC, R. Martorel, CRID, INDECI, OPS-OMS, PED/CR, J.C. Villagrán, SUMA.
Translation: Hermann Steffen, Roberto Prado
Printed by MasterLitho

The publication of “ISDR Informs” was made possible thanks to the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA ), as part of the Swedish contribution to the ISDR Secretariat regional work in Latin America and the Caribbean.


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