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Reducing Disaster Risk: A Challenge for Development
Disaster Reduction Unit
UNDP-BCPR
11-13, Chemin des Anémones
CH-1219 Châtelaine
Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: (41 22) 917 8433
Fax: (41 22) 917 8060
Email:
bcpr.disasters@undp.org
Links on Disaster Reduction
UNDP - UN Development Programme
United Nations Development Programme
UNDP Main Website
http://www.undp.org
UNDP-BCPR - Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery
http://www.undp.org/bcpr
UNDMTP - Disaster Management Training Programme
http://www.undmtp.org/
BCPR - DRU - Disaster Reduction and Recovery Unit
http://www.undp.org/bcpr/disred/index.htm
DRI- Disasters Reduction Information Analysis Tool
http://gridca.grid.unep.ch/undp/
UNDP Regional/Local
United Nations Development Programme
UNDP Country Offices Websites
http://www.undp.org/dpa/coweblinks/index.html
Algeria: Risk Reduction Policy
http://www.dz.undp.org/
Bangladesh: Reducing Vulnerability
http://www.un-bd.org/undp/crisis/index.html
Caribbean Risk Management Network
http://www.onu.org.cu/havanarisk/
Haiti: A Good Practice in Institutional Strengthening
http://www.ht.undp.org/
India: Vulnerablility Reduction and Sustainable Environment
http://www.undp.org.in/dmweb
Vietnam: Disaster Mitigation
http://www.undp.org.vn/
UN Institutions
ISDR - International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
ISDR - International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
http://www.unisdr.org/
ISDR Working Group 3:
Risk, Vulnerability & Disaster Impact Assessment

http://www.unisdr.org/eng/task%20force/tf-working-groups3-eng.htm
ISDR - Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning
ISDR - Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning
http://www.unisdr.org/ppew/
World Conference on Disaster Reduction - 18-22 January 2005, Kobe, Japan
2nd World Conference on Disaster Reduction
18-22 Jan 2005 - Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
http://www.unisdr.org/wcdr/
On-Line Conference
http://www.unisdr.org/WCDR-dialogue/
Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safe World - (1st World Conference on Disaster Reduction, Yokohama, Japan, 1994)
ECLAC/CEPAL- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECLAC/CEPAL- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
New Handbook for estimating the socio-economic and environmental effectgs of disasters
http://www.eclac.cl/publicaciones/
FAO- Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
FAO- Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE)
http://www.fao.org/reliefoperations
HEWSweb - Humanitarian Early Warning Service
HEWSweb - Humanitarian Early Warning Service
A global Multi-Hazard Watch Service to Support Humanitarian Preparedness
http://www.hewsweb.org/home_page/default.asp
IASC - Inter Agency Standing Committee
IASC - Inter Agency Standing Committee
http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/
OCHA - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OCHA - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
http://ochaonline.un.org/
Joint OCHA/UNEP Environmental Disasters Unit
http://www.reliefweb.int/ochaunep/
Relief Web: Serving the Information Needs of the Humanitarian Relief Community
Relief Web: Serving the Information Needs of the Humanitarian Relief Community
http://www.reliefweb.int/
Natural Disasters Early Warning Sites
http://www.reliefweb.int/resources/ewarn.html#natural
United Nations
United Nations
http://www.un.org/
UNICEF / EMOPS - United Nations Children's Fund Emergency and Humanitarian Action
UNICEF / EMOPS - United Nations Children's Fund Emergency and Humanitarian Action
http://www.unicef.org/emerg
UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
http://www.unep.org/
DRI- Disasters Reduction Information Analysis Tool
http://gridca.grid.unep.ch/undp/
UN-Habitat: Risk and Disaster Management Unit
UN-Habitat: Risk and Disaster Management Unit
http://www.unchs.org/programmes/rdmu
WFP - World Food Programme
WFP - World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org/
WHO - World Health Organisation: Emergency and Humanitarian Action
WHO - World Health Organisation: Emergency and Humanitarian Action
http://www.who.int/disasters
WMO - World Meteorological Organisation
WMO - World Meteorological Organisation
http://www.wmo.ch/
UNITAR - United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNITAR - United Nations Institute for Training and Research
http://www.unitar.org/
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
http://www.unops.org
UNOSAT - Satellite Imagery for All
UNOSAT - Satellite Imagery for All
http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization
http://www.paho.org/disasters/
Regional Intergovernmental Agencies and Bodies
Africa
SADC - South african Development Community
SADC - South african Development Community
http://www.sadcreview.org/
Americas
Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (RBLAC) - http://www.undp.org/rblac
Comité Andino. para la Prevención y Atención de Desastres
CAPRADE -Comité Andino. para la Prevención y Atención de Desastres
http://www.comunidadandina.org/
CEPREDENAC - Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de Desastres Naturales en América Central
CEPREDENAC - Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de Desastres Naturales en América Central
http://www.cepredenac.org/
CDERA - Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
CDERA - Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
CRID - Centro Regional sobre Desastres - América Latina y el Caribe
http://www.crid.or.cr/
Asia
ADPC – Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
ADPC – Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
http://www.adpc.net/
ECE - Extreme Climate Events
http://www.adpc.net/ece/ece.html
http://www.adpc.net/ece/ece.html
ADRC - Asian Disaster Reduction Center
http://www.adrc.org.jp/
Oceania
SOPAC - South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
SOPAC - South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
http://www.sopac.org/tiki/tiki-index.php
Other Organisations
GLobal IDEntifier Number (GLIDE)
GLobal IDEntifier Number (GLIDE)
http://www.glidenumber.net/
Provention Consortium
DFID - UK Department for International Development
DFID - UK Department for International Development
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/
World Bank - Hazard Risk Management
World Bank - Hazard Risk Management
World Bank's Hazard Management Unit aims to reduce human suffering and economic losses caused by natural and technological disasters
http://www.worldbank.org/hazards/
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) is a leading research institution where more than 200 research scientists seek fundamental knowledge about the origin, evolution and future of the natural world.
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu
Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis
Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis
The Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR), in collaboration with the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI), the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), and the World Bank, is pleased to announce the publication of this report.
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/chrr/research/hotspots/
GTZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit
GTZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (Germany)
http://www.gtz.de/disaster-reduction/
InWEnt – Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung (Capacity Building International, Germany) is
InWEnt – Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung (Capacity Building International, Germany)
http://www.inwent.org/
GEF - Global Environment Facility
GEF - Global Environment Facility
http://www.gefweb.org/
ICRC - International Federation of the Red Cross
ICRC - International Federation of the Red Cross
http://www.ifrc.org/
CRED - Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
CRED - Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
http://www.cred.be/cred1/index.htm
World Bank
ENDA- Environmental Development Action in the Third world
ENDA- Environmental Development Action in the Third world
http://www.enda.sn/
Inter American Development Bank
IADB - Inter American Development Bank
http://www.iadb.org/sds/ENV/site_2493_e.htm
IUCN - The World Conservation Union
IUCN - The World Conservation Union
http://www.iucn.org/
http://www.iucn.org/
La Red - Red de estudios sociales en prevención de desastres en América Latina
http://www.desenredando.org/index.html
OAS/USDE - Organisation for American States
OAS/USDE - Organisation for American States
http://www.oas.org/
Periperi - Southern African Risk Reduction Network
Periperi - Southern African Risk Reduction Network
http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/dimp/periperi.htm
IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute
IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute
http://www.ifpri.org/
IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development
IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development
http://www.iisd.org/
Northumbria University Disaster and Development Centre
Northumbria University Disaster and Development Centre
http://online.northumbria.ac.uk/