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Disaster Mitigation in Asia
Issue No. 6 
30 September 2003

A. From the Region
B. Calls for Submission 
C. Conferences & Courses
D. Useful Resources

USEFUL RESOURCES

2003 World Disaster Reduction Campaign: Living with Risk – Turning the tide on disasters towards sustainable development

The 2003 World Disaster Reduction Campaign focuses on water-related disasters. To get a copy of the information kit (available in English/French/Spanish), please write to <isdr@un.org> or visit <http://www.unisdr.org/unisdr/campaign2003/campaign2003.htm>.

Disaster Reduction+Climate Change Infolink (DR+CC)

The main focus of the DR+CC infolink is the intersection of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, to promote disaster risk reduction as an adaptation strategy, and to clarify the role of climate change in disaster risk management. DR+CC infolink will provide information on key issues, upcoming events, publications and linkages with other like-minded organizations and individuals. This first edition highlights the need to take steps to have disaster risk better dealt with in the IPCC process. To subscribe, please contact <DRCCinfolink@un.org>.

United Nations Documents Related to Disaster Reduction 2000-2002 UN/ISDR, 2003

This publication comprises a range of UN documents related to disaster reduction including General Assembly resolutions and decisions, Economic and Social Council resolutions, Reports of the Secretary-General, and other relevant documents on disasters and relevant issues. To receive a copy (available in English/Spanish), please contact <isdr@un.org>.

ISDR Informs - Latin America and the Caribbean Issue 7, 2003

The bi-annual magazine of the ISDR Regional Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean is now available. Please email <eird@eird.org> to receive a hard copy or visit <http://www.eird.org/esp/revista/revista.htm> for more information.

NGO initiatives in risk reduction: an annotated bibliography of case studies

The first draft of this bibliography is now online. It lists over 200 documents that describe and analyse risk reduction initiatives by NGOs and community-based organisations worldwide and especially in developing countries.

The documents were identified by the British Red Cross Society's research project on NGO Natural Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness Projects (October 1998 - March 2001). The outputs of this project are listed in the bibliography.

This bibliography is confined to published or publicly available documents in English. Grey literature has been included only if it is clear that it is for public consumption. Internal documents are not included, unless explicit permission was given to make these public (much of the British Red Cross Society research was based on confidential internal documents, which therefore are not included here).

For more details, please contact Dr. John Twigg <j.twigg@ucl.ac.uk>.

To download the document, please visit <http://www.benfieldhrc.org/DMU/Other%20Publications/NGO_case_studies_bibliog_v1.doc>.