International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)


Content

Editorial
	Editorial

Global ISDR
	United Nations Sasakawa Award 2000 Colombia: Reconstruction of the Coffee Belt
	Second Meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction
	2000 Public Information Campaign: Disaster Reduction, Education, and Youth Celebration of World Disaster Reduction Day
	Telegrams

Disasters in the Region
	After Mitch: What Has Happened With International Cooperation?
	Ghosts of the Hurricane
	The use of El Niño forecasting in Latin America and the Caribbean
	Kids and Youth

Contributions
	A Communication Strategy to Build a Culture of Prevention
	Strategic Communication for the Prevention and Mitigation of Technological Hazards in the Region
	Arancibia landslide-debris avalanche in Costa Rica: A disaster announced twice
	An Integrated Disaster Preparedness Model for Rural Population

Partners in Action
	From Participation To Commitment
	Activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Central America and the Caribbean
	World Disaster Reduction Day Activities
	Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
	Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) The Importance of Institutional Linkages in Disaster Preparedness
	Seminar On A Strategy For Community Disaster Reduction And Risk Management In Human Settlements In Central America
	Space Technology for Disaster Reduction
	Reducing Urban Seismic Risk in Developing Countries- The Radius Approach
	A Tool for Earthquake Damage Estimation
	Defensa Civil Rio Claro - SP (in portuguese)
	A Defensa Civil de Sao Paulo (in portuguese)
	Education
	Legislation

Multimedia
	CRID on Internet A Window for Information
	Annual Retrospective: Natural Disasters 1999, The Munich Re Group
	Improving Access to Health and Disaster Information in Honduras and Nicaragua
	New publications from PAHO/WHO
	Hurricane Mitch: A Glance at Some Thematic Trends in Risk Reduction in Central America
	Launch of first ISDR Prevention Series publication, “Usoi Landslide Dam and Lake Sarez, An Assessment of Hazard and Risk in the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan
	“Spanish Civil Protection and the Success of a Virtual Encounter”

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: Helena Molin Valdés
General Production: Margarita Villalobos M.
Graphic Design: Mario Barrantes
Translation: Hermann Steffen, Roberto Prado
Photographs: C. Osorio, E. Palm,
R. Mora, R. Pérez, E. Leal,
M. Darricau, J. Valdés, H. Molín, FOREC, ONEMI,
RADIUS, PAHO/WHO
Printed by Master Litho S.A.

The publication of this issue of ISDR Informs was made possible thanks to the support
of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA )

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