28 Apr 2015
This paper aims to provide a distillation of the learning from thirty years of humanitarian response to earthquakes. It concentrates on issues of particular relevance in earthquakes. The paper assumes that readers are already familiar with the more g...
Tags: Other type of resource, Earthquake, Post-Disaster Recovery
03 May 2016
The villages in Northern Belize have a very narrow economic basis, mainly focused on the cane sugar industry and sometimes river or sea fishing. To ensure food and economic security, the Red Cross provides small grants and training to community me...
Tags: Other type of resource, Livelihoods and Food Security, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
19 Mar 2015
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: 2015-2030 was adopted on March 18 at the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. The United Nations General Assembly Resolution adopted in 2013 (68/211) on International Strategy for Di...
Tags: Other type of resource, Disaster Law, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management