Webinar: Valuing Ecosystems in Disaster Risk Reduction
In the context of the Swiss humanitarian Aid Training, jointly organized with the DRR Network (now CDE Network), Nadia Zoudar provided on August 27, 2018 insight into how Ecosystems serve as a valuable source of resilience towards disasters. The role of ecosystems was embedded into the training’s overall topic of “Cost-Benefit of DRR measures"
Event Summary
Healthy and well-managed ecosystems – such as coral reefs, mangroves, forests and wetlands – reduce disaster risk by acting as natural buffers or protective barriers, for instance through flood and landslide mitigation and water filtration and absorption. At the same time, fully-functioning ecosystems build local resilience against disasters by sustaining livelihoods and providing important products to local populations.
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