Brown Bag Lunch: WOCAT - Compendium of good practices in DRR
The SDC and Caritas hosted the Brown Bag Lunch on May 2018 that covered the content and potential for application of the publication «Where people and their land are safer - A Compendium of Good Practices in DRR» which was published in December 2017 as a co-production between the Swiss NGO DRR Platform, the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT), and the University of Bern.
Event Summary
Over recent decades, the members of the Swiss NGO DRR Platform carried out DRR activities around the globe, many of which are related to the use and management of land and water resources. This publication is a collection of best practices and illustrates important linkages between Sustainable Land Management (SLM) and DRR for reducing disasters by preserving and restoring natural resources to build resilience. It serves as a reference tool for practitioners from different sectors - DRR, water and sanitation, food security or agriculture - to include good DRR practices in the planning, design and implementation of development and humanitarian projects. Part 1 of the book provides a summary of key concepts and highlights the important potential of sustainable land management as a valid strategy for reducing disaster risk and adapting to a changing climate. In the second part 30 show cases of DRR practices from 11 countries around the globe are documented.
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