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The International Forum on Tsunami and Earthquake A magazine from the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction that covers the field of disaster prevention and mitigation for all people of the Asia Pacific region. Tropical Cyclone Mala in the Bay of Bengal, April 24, 2006. NASA image by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC. Joint message from UNESCO & UN/ISDR his fourth issue of “Disaster Risk Reduc- Ttion in Asia Pacific – ISDR Informs” Regional Offices for Asia and the Pacific represents an opportunity to carry out a mid-term review of the impact of the 2006-2007 World Campaign on Disas- ducation and knowledge have the power to save lives. This is one of the most important lessons learnt ter Reduction focusing on “Disaster Risk Efrom devastating disasters that took place over the past decade worldwide. In the wake of the 2004 Indian Reduction Begins at School”. The latter Ocean tsunami, one of the most tragic trans-border natural events the world ever experienced, the conclu- aims at mobilizing efforts and political sions of assessment missions is indeed appalling: a better education and awareness of local communities commitment towards the systematic on natural hazards and their devastating impact could have contributed to reduce and mitigate the tragic integration of disaster risk reduction and human losses caused by the tsunami. In the same vein, the Gujarat earthquake, one of the most devastating school safety programmes into school earthquakes in India’s history, directly affected an estimated three million school children, thousands of which curricula so as to promote a better under- were killed in schools that were unable to withstand the force of the quake. In the hardest hit districts, 55 standing and awareness of disaster mech- per cent of all schools were destroyed, leaving 317,000 without access to education. Similar patterns have anisms and how to build the resilience of been observed in a number of equally devastating and smaller-size earthquakes occurred in numerous individuals, communities and nations to countries in recent years, including the Bam earthquake in 2003. In a recent study commissioned by ISDR’s future disasters Thematic Platform on Knowledge and Education - Let Our Children Teach Us! - it was estimated that roughly A Special Report is included as part one billion children aged 1-14 live in countries with high seismic risk, which puts several hundred million of this edition compiling the multiple children at risk while they are attending schools. And this is only in the event of an earthquake. Schools are initiatives developed on the occasion equally vulnerable to damage or destruction during other natural hazards such as strong winds, tsunamis, of the 2006 joint celebrations of the landslides and floods. As informal community centres and evacuation areas at the time of disasters, it is a ISDR-led International Day for Disaster moral imperative for Governments, local authorities and local community leaders to ensure the safety of Reduction and the ASEAN Day for Disas- school environments as well as school children and teachers by building disaster resistant schools and ter Management throughout the Asia education infrastructures so that the school buildings themselves do not represent additional threats to and Pacific region. The report was devel- school children and teachers’ life. oped in cooperation with the ASEAN On 3 January 2005, Koichiro Matsuura, Director General of UNESCO highlighted that “anticipating, educat- Secretariat and other key regional part- ing and informing are the keys to reducing the deadly effect of such natural disasters” but regretted that such ners so as to provide an overview of activities were not given priority. When adopting the “Hyogo Framework for Action: Building the Resilience of the richness of the Asia Pacific region’s Communities and Nations to Disasters, 2005-2015” as the international blueprint to guide the implementation innovative approaches to education of disaster risk reduction over the next 10 years, the 168 Member States committed to implement the five and awareness-raising on disaster risk priorities recommended by HFA as top priority actions to facilitate an effective implementation of disaster reduction. The UN/ISDR invites you to a risk reduction. Fostering the “Use of knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and pleasant educational trip, with the ulti- resilience at all levels” is one of them and contributes to initiating a shift in mentalities and perceptions as well mate objective of encouraging you not as a behavioural change towards a more proactive preventative approach to disasters. Children, as “tomorrow’s just to learn from other countries and leaders” and key agents for change, are recognized as the primary targets of these efforts. communities’ experiences in the area The 2006-2007 World Campaign on Disaster Reduction led by UN/ISDR was developed around the theme of education and school safety, but also “Disaster risk reduction begins at school” to engage and mobilize key stakeholders at the local, national, to adapt and replicate those successful regional and international levels in promoting the integration of disaster risk reduction as part of school activities that could match your own curricula and in facilitating the development of disaster-resilient schools and retrofitting of school building to country / community’s requirements withstand natural hazards through school safety programmes at all levels. Education for disaster risk reduction and specificity. also contributes to world efforts in achieving Target 2 of the Millennium Development Goals on “Achieving The UN/ISDR takes the opportunity Universal Primary Education” as well as the goals of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development to express appreciation to partners who (2005-2014) led by UNESCO which aims at the development of the concept of “Education for Natural Disaster provided substantive contributions and Preparedness” (ENDP) and the overall integration of ENDP into sustainable development strategies. photos. We look forward to pursuing This Fourth Edition of “Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia and Pacific – ISDR Informs” is a first step in document- fruitful cooperation with all of you to ing a few lessons learned and good practices identified throughout Asian and Pacific countries on school make sure that the wealth of expertise education and disaster risk reduction on the occasion of the 2006 International Day for Disaster Reduction and knowledge of the Asia and Pacific celebrations. Promising initiatives such as the Asia Pacific Regional Workshop on School Education and region in disaster risk reduction and Disaster Risk Reduction, scheduled in October 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, shall represent new opportuni- disaster management is well reflected ties to obtain a more formal commitment by Governments and practitioners from the education sector to at the regional and global levels, as well facilitate the integration of disaster risk reduction and school safety programmes into school curricula in the as fully preserved and enhanced, for an Asia and Pacific region and at a more global level. increased protection and resilience of Looking forward to your continued fruitful support in making education for disaster risk reduction a reality the vulnerable communities of our pre- and fundamental human right for all in our search for equitable protection for all from disasters. cious region to future disasters. – from Dr. Sheldon Shaeffer, Director, UNESCO Asia & Pacific Regional Bureau forE ducation and – The UN/ISDR Asia PacificT eam Mr. German Velasquez, Senior Regional Coordinator, UN/ISDR Asia & Pacific DisasTER REduCTION in Asia PACifiC IssuE 03, 007 Contents Disaster Reduction in Asia & Pacific - UN/ISDR Informs is a collaborative effort of the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC), Asian Disaster Reduction Centre (ADRC), United EdiTOriaL Nations Economics and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), UN Develop- UN/ISDR GLObaL NEWS 4 ment Programme (UNDP) Regional Centre Online game Stop Disasters to teach children | Words into Action; Implementing Hyogo Framework for Action | Bangkok, UN Office for the Coordination of Global Facility for Disaster Reduction & Recovery – World Bank, UN/ISDR Partnership | UN/ISDR Field Library Humanitarian Affairs Regional Office for Asia Pacific (UNOCHA-ROAP) and the UN Interna- tional Strategy for Disaster Reduction for Asia & UN/ISDR REgiOnaL NEWS 8 Pacific (UN/ISDR Asia & Pacific) who, together, Indian Ocean Consortium initiative | Building Resilience to Tsunamis in the Indian Ocean initiative | Strategic represent the ISDR Asia Partnership. National Action Plans, (SNAPs) – tool for implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action | Education & Disaster Reduction in Asia & Pacific - Disaster Risk Reduction UN/ISDR Informs is produced on a bi-annual basis. Please send comments and contributions ParTNErs IN ACTION 1 to [email protected] REGIONAL – 4th DIPECHO Action Plan for South Asia | DIPECHO, World Vision funding community-based UN/ISDR Senior Regional Coordinator, Disaster Risk Management | 39th session, Typhoon Committee | IFRC, 5th Regional Disaster Response Team German Velasquez training | Environmental partnerships in DRR | Integrating ecosystems & long-term livelihood concerns | Production, Christel Rose Regional safety conference & training for journalists | Enhancing capacity, UNDP Regional Centre | UNDP Regional Centre builds risk knowledge
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