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Society of South African Geographers Conference 2016
The Society of South African Geographers 10th Biennial Conference, Stellenbosch, 25 - 28 September 2016 The Society of...
Young Seismologists Training Course
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics and the European Seismological Commission, will organize an...
Call for Applications: Small Grants for Post Graduate Theses & Dissertations
Posted on March 31, 2016, on the Association of African Universities (AAU) website The AAU is pleased...
Universities etch Disaster Risk into Business Studies
Original article by Sebastien Penzini TORONTO, Canada, 29 March 2016 – Ensuring that companies understand and...
Periperi U Digital Library comes Online
We are proud to announce the opening of Periperi U's digital library portal the Periperi U...
Fifth Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, Cancun, Mexico, 24-26 May 2017
The Fifth Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will be held in Cancun, Mexico on 22-26...
East African Legislative Assembly enacts legislation on disaster risk reduction
The East African Legislative Assembly passed the Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management Bill, 2013, paving...
USAID Deploys Disaster Assistance Response Team to Ethiopia for Drought Response
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Gayle Smith announced today that the...
Remarks by Administrator Gayle Smith: U.S. Leadership in International Development
On 8 March 2016, the new USAID chief delivered her first substantial policy speech at a...
World Risk Index presented by Prof. Birkmann in New York
Prof. Dr. Jörn Birkmann, director of the Institute of Spatial and Regional Planning, University of Stuttgart...
8 March – International Women’s Day: recognizing the vital role of women in risk reduction
Original article from PanAmerican Health Organisation (PAHO) On International Women’s Day, celebrated every year on 8 March,...
UNISDR head calls for more women in disaster risk reduction
Today, to celebrate International Woman's day, the UNISDR posted this statement in their news feed To see...
8th Session of Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction
MAIN ORGANIZER(S): UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION - REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA OTHER ORGANIZER(S): INTERGOVERNMENTAL...
IRDR seeks Executive Director
Posted by IRDR IPO - February 6, 2016 - 2015 News, News, Opportunities The International Council for Science (ICSU),...
USAID: EL NIÑO Preperation and Response in Africa
This Article was recently published on the USAID website concerning the impact of the current El...
USAID Chief Innovation Officer Travels To Tanzania and Kenya
Article from USAID website press release page WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Chief...
An insight into Disaster Risk Research from African professionals at UNISDR Science and Technology Conference 2016
With loads and loads of scientific information generated annually, scientists from across the world, are now...
WCDRR: Public Invest. in Infrastructure to Reduce Flood Disaster Risk in Algiers, Djillali Benouar
WCDRR: African Higher Education Institutions in Advancing DRR, Djillali Benouar
