Crater, lava, magma, molten materials, pyroclastic flows, volcanic rock, volcanic ash.
The following is a list of all conten labeled as "Volcano"
The aim of this report was to highlight existing capacities, challenges and gaps, as well as make recommendations for strengthening national and local capacities regarding DRR (including climate change risks) through key sectors.
This document presents the results of the project "Assessment of natural risks in the Comoros" which was commissioned in order to analyse and assess the current situation; main challenges and issues; strengths and weaknesses as well as the country's potential needs for external assistance in disaster risk management.
The UNDP Comoros office through the project “Integration of disaster risk reduction into policies to reduce poverty in the Union of the Comoros” intends to contribute in the development of a mapping of volcanic and seismic hazards, cyclonic, landslides, and floods on all three islands (Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli).
The objective of the mission that the Seine-Saint-Denis General Council carried out in May 2012 had the dual objective of:
The objective of this study is to assess the vulnerability of the population of the Comoros to different hydrometeorological and geological hazards, taking into account the characteristics and specificities of each of the islands of the Union of the Comoros.
In light of national, cross-border, transboundary and regional hazards of various type in Southern Africa, a desk review was undertaken by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in order to enhance the understanding of disaster risk and spaces of vulnerability (i.e.
The aim of this report is to support legislators, public administrators, DRR and development practitioners and advocates to prepare and implement effective disaster risk management (DRM) legal frameworks for their country’s needs, drawing on examples and experience from other countries.
An Official Statement made by His Majesty King Mswati III, at the fifth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, May 2017.
This National Contingency Plan covers the period from 2016-2020 and is specific for the responsible management of a possible volcanic eruption in North Kivu Province whose lives of more than one million (1,000,000) people and the entire ecosystem in Goma and its surroundings are between active volcanoes (Nyiragongo and Nyamulagira) and Lake Kivu, which has a high concentration of gases.
This Strategy is divided into nine priority axes which are: