International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)

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Editorial
	Disaster Reduction for the Sustainable Development of Mountain Areas

Global ISDR
	2002 United Nations World Disaster Reduction Campaign - Disaster Reduction for Sustainable Mountain Development
	Winners of the Children’s and Local Communities’ Risk Map Contest
	Road from Rio to Johannesburg: Disaster Reduction and World Summit on Sustainable Development
	The Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction meets in Geneva
	Review of the Impact of the Risk Assessment Tools for Diagnosis of Urban Areas against Seismic Disasters (RADIUS) Project

Disasters in the Region
	The 19 February hailstorm –thoughts on the institutionalization of risk management in Bolivia
	ECLAC: An Assessment of the Drought that Hit Central America in 2001
	Hurricane Season 2002
	EL-Niño OUTLOOK

Contributions
	Equity in Public Health: A Challenge for Disaster Managers
	Risk management from the standpoint of strategic communication

In the Spotlight: Moutain Areas
	In Spotlight: Disaster Reduction in the Mountain Areas
	Selected Web Sites related to Mountains and Disasters
	Organizing Andean Mountain Communities for Disaster Reduction: A New Challenge
	An Experience in Risk Management in Mountain Areas of Argentina
	The Andean Corridor: Intervention Strategies and Policies for Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development
	Description and assessment of the qocha system in the northern basin of lake titicaca
	Volcanoes:protecting the public’s health

Partners in Action
	Hemispheric Conference on Risk Reduction
	Review of Current Disaster Reduction Trends in the Americas
	Argentina Holds National Conference on Risk Reduction and Disaster Response Planning
	The Puebla-Panama Plan: A Mesoamerican Initiative with a Strong Disaster Reduction Component
	CDERA Prepares Matrix of Disaster Management Activities for 2001-2004
	Challenges and Achievements of the Swiss Programme for Disaster Prevention in Central America
	Honduras: Challenges in Disaster Prevention
	Norwegian Initiative for a Central America tailored Training Programme on Mitigation of Risks caused by Landslides
v	Modifying the Behaviour of a People to Reduce Disaster Vulnerability
	El Salvador: The Creation of the National Service for Territorial Studies
	Workshop on United Nations Support for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance in Central America
	Education: Peruvian State Promotes University Alliance to Train Development and Risk Management Specialists
	Legislation: Law 337: A Landmark in Disaster Legislation in Nicaragua

Kids and Youth
	Fable: The river and the settler

Multimedia
	ISDR, CRID and PAHO/WHO train Andean disaster information units
	The Central American Disaster Health Information Network
	Publications PAHO/WHO
	Other publications
	Radio Soap opera “Tiempos de Huracanes”
	CDERA Website has a New Look

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: Elina Palm
General Production: Margarita Villalobos Mora
Graphic Design: Mario Barrantes
Cover Design: Mario Barrantes
Photographs:EIRD, A. Voets, C. Ardiñes, M. Rodríguez, J. Valdés, H. Molin, PEDCOR/OPS, R. Valdivia, S. Alvarez, E. Mamani, J. Coila, R. Valdivia, P. Basabe, OPS/OMS, O. Kjekstad, CRID.
Translation: Hermann Steffen, Roberto Prado
Printed by MasterLitho

The publication of “ISDR Informs” was made possible thanks to the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA ), as part of the Swedish contribution to the ISDR Secretariat regional work in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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