environmental risk reduction News
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Adler and Allan Announce Exclusive Partnership with Bradbury Group to Supply and Install Market Leading Flood Doors
Adler and Allan, the UK’s largest environmental and risk reduction specialists, has announced an exclusive partnership with the nation’s leading provider of steel doors and physical security solutions, Bradbury Group, to supply and install its market leading range of flood security doors to businesses in the UK. Specifically designed to meet the needs of the utility sector, the M2MFL ...
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Report calls for using ecosystems in disaster prevention
More research is needed to understand how ecosystems can help reduce disaster risks around the world, according to a report launched in Brussels, Belgium, today. The World Risk Report 2012 says that human development activities have "massively raised the hazard potential". It cites the destruction of coral reefs and mangrove forests in South-East Asia — which has reduced protection ...
By SciDev.Net
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Seventeenth World Meteorological Congress, Geneva, Switzerland, 25 May – 12 June 2015
The World Meteorological Congress meets once every four years to determine policies and priorities for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It approves long-term plans and the budget, elects the President and Vice-Presidents of WMO and members of the Executive Council, and appoints the Secretary-General. The Congress session takes place from Monday 25 May to Friday 12 June at the Geneva ...
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Water projects authorized by House
On Tuesday, the House passed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act, which authorizes 34 water projects across the country. The Senate is expected to consider the bill later this week. A list of each of the projects, and the federal funds authorized for each: Navigation projects: Sabine Neches Waterway, Texas and Louisiana, more than $748 million Jacksonville Harbor- milepoint, ...
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