Tag archives for disaster
NDMA and IUCN Sign MoU for Collaboration in Implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Priorities in the Country
PR: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on April 04th, 2018, in line…
4th International Water Conference: “Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management for Sustainable Development & Businesses”
PR: Riphah International University and PCRWR in collaboration with University of Haripur, Peshawar University, Abasyn University and SHFINT is holding 4th International Water Conference on "Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management…
International Conference on “CPEC Natural Hazards Risk Assessment and Mitigation” and “Silk Road Disaster Risk Reduction “
Pakistan Academy of Sciences in collaboration with Chinese Academy of Sciences organised an international Conference on “CPEC Natural Hazards Risk Assessment and Mitigation” and “Silk Road Disaster Risk Reduction “…
Training on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation organized by IUCN
Karachi, April 20, 2016 IUCN Pakistan organized a two-day training workshop in collaboration with HEJ/ International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) and National University of Science and Technology (NUST)…
Workshop on disaster management organised
STAFF REPORT ISB: In order to assess the current and future requirements of critical telecommunication infrastructure and services, Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority…
Workshop on 5G tech for disaster management held
STAFF REPORT ISB: Participants at the workshop on "5G Technologies for Disaster Management" explored the disaster and emergency management by 5G technologies through knowledge sharing and random…
Govt urged to include disaster risk reduction in policy
STAFF REPORT KHI: Speakers at a government officials training on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change have urged the sitting government to include DRR and CC in its…
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Pakistani helps Google prevent security disaster
STAFF REPORT ISB: A Pakistani security researcher, Rafay Baloch, has helped Google in preventing a privacy disaster. In a blog post published a month ago, Rafay detailed…
Disaster risk reduction under way
STAFF REPORT ISB: Technologists working through the Code for Resilience community have been developing a live-saving technology during disasters in order increase availability of locally relevant technologies that can…
Depletion of forests to spell disaster for communities
"Around billion people around the world are directly dependent on forests for livelihoods. Forests are also the biggest sinks of carbon dioxide and play a major role in…
Disaster management in Pakistan
Pakistan is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. Generally divided into natural and man-made, all disasters are managed by a systematic process of…
Environmental disaster in the making or can Hemp be the solution?
By Helga AhmadOVER THESE past many years, international reports have warned Pakistan over the looming water crisis the country will face, if essential steps to prevent it, are not #xA0;…
Disaster in Pakistan linked to climate change
STAFF REPORT IBD: Pakistan has painful history of disasters that have seriously affected the socio-economic status of the country. Nine out of 10 disasters occurred in the country chiefly due…
3S tech-implementation for disaster management in developing countries!
By Mirza Abdul Aleem BaigDISASTERS WHETHER natural or man-made play wreckages role with the life of millions of people every year around the globe. Their aftermath is nothing but a…
Floods and disaster management
I REGRET to say that the authorities concerned have not learnt a lesson from the devastating floods in the last two years. They have not prepared any disaster management plan…
Unprepared for GM crops enough to evoke disaster in Pakistan
By Dr. Anwar MirzaTHESE DAYS, a question being raised by some people in Pakistan is, why shouldnt the government in Pakistan allow GM or Bt Corn (Maize) in the country…