International Recovery Platform

This document gives an overview of FAO’s work with regard to natural and human-induced disasters in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, together with the lessons learned and experience gained on how to improve disaster response, preparedness, and

Training Book, published in an abstract version for the training of the volunteers of the cyclone preparedness program in preparedness activities. It covers subjects like analysis capacity and vulnerability, introduction to cyclones, warning signals and

This booklet is a guide for children that deals in a narrative way, with the earthquake problem. It gives definitions of: earthquake, magnitude, epicenter, furnace, fault, plate tectonics, waves, after-shock, seismograms, Richter and Mercalli scales