Indonesia has experienced two major forest and land fire events in the past five years. According to government data …, the 2015 and 2019 fire episodes led to the burning of around 2.6 million hectares and 1.6 million hectares,1 respectively … environmental sectors. Unlike the wildfires in boreal forests of North America, land-based fires in Indonesia are man-made. Fire …

Fire has been a part of India's landscape since time immemorial and can play a vital role in healthy forests, recycling … on forest resources have grown, the cycle of fire has spun out of balance. Large areas of degraded forest are now subject … areas, and fire seasons are growing longer due to a warming climate (Jolly et al 2015). With growing populations in and …

, and the Government of Panama (GoP) is therefore committed to strengthening the financial management of disaster risks …. Actions taken by the GoP in financial management of disaster risk are consistent with law 34 of June 5, 2008, the law on … incorporates a number of important lessons learned from international experience: (i) include disaster risks as part of an …

The post disaster needs assessment (PDNA) assesses the impact of the April 25, 2015 earthquake in Nepal and defines a … of infrastructure, increased or new demands (operational costs) due to the disaster, lost revenues, higher expenditures …

analysis of the costs and benefits of selected disaster risk management (DRM) investments', with the aim to showcase the … benefits of investing in the prevention of disaster risks. The objective of this report is to provide EU Member States …/Participating States (MS/PS) and UCPM members with consolidated analysis and information on the economic value of investing in disaster and …

opportunities for civil protection (CP) agencies to leverage investments for disaster prevention and preparedness. This report draws … opportunities from the perspective of fourteen countries with diverse disaster risk management (DRM) systems, financial mechanisms …

expenditures and financial risks. Understanding the impacts of disaster risk on sovereign assets and liabilities plays a key part … in understanding the potential impact of sovereign disaster risk finance strategies which allow governments to reduce the … Management (SALM) framework is a new and comprehensive way of looking at the potential impact of a disaster on the public sector …