Natural and Environmental Disasters
courtney
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20 Jun 2011
Haiti has recently signed the agreement to join the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDEMA) seeking aid and cooperation mechanism in the area of disaster management at the regional level. Located in the Caribbean basin, cyclones, floods, droughts, and earthquakes together with tsunamis’ are the main natural disasters to impact Haiti. The country was severely devastated following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12 of 2010. Haiti’s high level of poverty, combined with...
courtney
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17 Jun 2011
Since 2004, Dominica has been drafting an updated Emergency Management Act (EMA), which is yet to be enacted. In the absence of a national hazard mitigation policy and plan, supportive components of various projects have addressed issues concerning the protection of Dominica’s biodiversity from the natural and environmental disasters. To this end, Dominica’s Office of Disaster Management (ODM) has been assigned to cooperate with various stakeholders and to permit development of precautionary...
courtney
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17 Jun 2011
Antigua and Barbuda has been developing its national disaster preparedness and management capacity. Cooperation with other states is also undertaken at the regional level through the Caribbean Meteorological Organization and the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology.Antigua and Barbuda’s natural climate is punctuated by the occurrence of a range of extreme climatic events such as tropical storms, hurricanes, sea surges, floods and droughts. In recent years, the country has seen a...
elena
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02 May 2011
In 2010, the Seychelles produced a report for the UNISDR on its progress towards implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action 2009-2010.
The geographic location of the Seychelles means that the country is not in the direct line of tropical storms, but trade winds from May to October result in drier conditions, producing droughts which result in severe water shortages that affect agriculture and all other sectors of the economy. The effects of climate change and sea surface temperature...
elena
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14 Apr 2011
The Republic of Mauritius has a Cyclone and Other Natural Disasters Scheme which includes a preparedness plan for disaster risk reduction. The Scheme has defined the Emergency Operation Plan for any hazard likely to threaten Mauritius and/or Outer Islands with clear response and rehabilitation measures by the relevant authorities. Education and public awareness at the community level has also been well established. Mauritius also has a National Oil Spill Contingency Plan.
Located in the...
