Protect wetlands to reduce Disaster Risk
Nowadays, disasters and disaster risk are increasing all over the world and are a growing threat to countries, to their economies and to their populations. A recent study, led by […]
Tag Archives: Disaster Risk Reduction
Floodplains and flooding risk prevention
Today, climate change manifests itself with an increase in extreme weather events such as floods. In May 2014, a low-pressure cyclone affected a large area of Southeast and Central Europe, […]
Lagoons and Coastal Risk
The Mediterranean region has about 18.5 million hectares of wetlands (± 3.5 million), around 1.5% of the world’s wetlands (Perennou et al., 2012). It hosts around 400 coastal lagoons, covering […]
World Wetlands Day 2017 ” Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction”
The World Wetlands Day (WWD) is celebrated every year on 2 February to commemorate the signing of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971. The theme for […]