Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction: Moving from Theory to Practice
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The document announces a special session hosted by PEDRR (Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction) on moving environment and disaster risk reduction from theory to practice. PEDRR is a global alliance that advocates for policy change and best practices in ecosystem management for disaster reduction and climate change adaptation. The session will feature a panel discussion on challenges to mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and applying ecosystem management, as well as opportunities to invest in integrated environment-disaster risk reduction approaches.
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Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction: Moving from Theory to Practice
- 1. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction IDRC 2012 Special Session: Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction: Moving from Theory to Practice Welcome! Bienvenue! Willkommen!
- 2. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction What is PEDRR? • Global alliance of UN agencies, NGOs and specialist institutes, established in 2008 • Pool expertise and advocate for policy change and best practice in ecosystem management for disaster reduction and climate change adaptation
- 3. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction • Influencing policy and raising awareness • Convening experts and practitioners
- 4. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Developing capacities for ecosystem-based DRR Generating scientific knowledge and best practices
- 5. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Panel Members: Chair: Dr Muralee Thummarukudy, Chief, Disaster Risk Reduction Unit, UNEP Prof. OCHOU Abé Delfin Inspector General for Environment and Sustainable Development for Côte d'Ivoire/National Focal Point for DRR Dr. Nivedita Haran Director, Institute of Management in Government and Additional Chief Secretary for the State of Kerala Daniel Kull Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, GFDRR Dr. Inam-ur- Rahim Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Research and Socio- ecological Harmony, Pakistan
- 6. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction 1. What are the challenges to mainstreaming disaster risk reduction in development planning? And the constraints to applying ecosystems management as part of disaster risk reduction and sustainable development strategies? 2. What are the enabling conditions/incentives needed to ensure that disaster risk reduction is integrated into national and local development planning? 3. What opportunities currently exist to facilitate greater investment in integrated environment-disaster risk reduction approaches?
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- One effective way we have been addressing these challenges is through working in partnership! For quicker, higher impact – PEDRR – pooling resources, sharing knowledge generated, joint lobbying for awareness and policy change. Global Platform, training package, GAR, experts workshop.
- One effective way we have been addressing these challenges is through working in partnership! For quicker, higher impact – PEDRR – pooling resources, sharing knowledge generated, joint lobbying for awareness and policy change. Global Platform, training package, GAR, experts workshop.
- One effective way we have been addressing these challenges is through working in partnership! For quicker, higher impact – PEDRR – pooling resources, sharing knowledge generated, joint lobbying for awareness and policy change. Global Platform, training package, GAR, experts workshop.
- It is now widely acknowledged that disasters undermine development gains and sustainable development There is increasing evidence that healthy ecosystems provide multiple disaster risk reduction services. 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. Although there is growing global awareness that halting environmental degradation and improving management of ecosystems and natural resources play an essential role in reducing human vulnerability to disasters, there has been a significant lag in investing in and applying ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction. Environmental sustainability and disaster resilience must be built into local and national development to protect lives and assets, sustain livelihoods and manage climate change impacts. This session aims to explore the reasons behind the slow progression from theory to practice from a multi-sectoral perspective. It will bring together practitioners and decision makers who have to make investment decisions on disaster risk reduction and look at the issue from a diagnostic point of view. Through these discussions we will identify key enabling factors and effective processes for mainstreaming and applying ecosystem-based DRR so as inform the wider DRR and development community.