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Further information on natural disasters

Here you will find a selection of links to documents and websites offering additional information on natural disasters.

Documents

Disaster Risk Management – Contributions by German Development Cooperation
BMZ Information Brochure 03 | 2010e (PDF 1 MB, accessible)
Development-Oriented Emergency and Transitional Aid
BMZ Strategies 138 (PDF 331 KB)
Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015:
Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters
(PDF 406 KB)
Integrating disaster risk reduction in European humanitarian assistance
A publication of the German Committee for Disaster Reduction
(PDF 612 KB)
Early Warning – From Concept to action
The Conclusions of the Third International Conference on Early Warning
(PDF 4.3 MB)
World Disasters Report 2010 of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
(PDF 4.4 MB)
2009 disasters in numbers
A publication of the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
(PDF 135 KB)
2008 disasters in numbers
A publication of the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
(PDF 150 KB)
2007 disasters in numbers A publication of the Secretariat of the
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
(PDF 150 KB)
Disaster Risk Reduction: 2007 Global Review
A publication of the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
(PDF 1.4 MB)
Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction – Report of the UN Secretary-General
A publication of the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
(PDF 103 KB)
Reducing Disaster Risk – A Challenge for Development
A UNDP study (PDF 3.9 MB)
Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction:
Good Practices and Lessons Learned from Experiences in the Asia-Pacific Region 2008
A publication of the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
(PDF 3 MB)
Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Poverty Reduction – Good Practices and Lessons Learned
A publication of the Global Network of NGOs for Disaster Risk Reduction
(PDF 1.8 MB)

Websites

Humanitarian aid – How do we help?
Information on the website of the Federal Foreign Office
Seaquakes and the Tsunami Early Warning System
Information on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Disaster Risk Management
Information on the website of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Emergency Aid and reconstruction
Information on the website of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Technisches Hilfswerk (THW)
Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge (German Committee for Disaster Reduction)
(in German)
World Conference on Disaster Reduction – Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Third International Conference on Early Warning (EWC III)
Second International Conference on Early Warning (EWC II)
(First) International Conference on Early Warning
Systems for Natural Disaster Reduction (EWC 98)
Central Emergency Response Fund of the United Nations (CERF)
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

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