Disaster Risk Financing in the Caribbean Region - Framework and Assessments

10.1596/36413 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivelisse Justiniano ◽  
Mary Boyer ◽  
Rashmin Gunasekera ◽  
Thibaut Humbert
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Disaster Risk Financing

scholarly journals La educación para la percepción de riesgos de desastres como prioridad del trabajo educativo en la escuela cubana

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Osmel Jiménez-Denis ◽  
Georgina Villalón-Legrá ◽  
Onelia Edyn Evora-Larios
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
The Caribbean

The Caribbean region and, particularly, the Cuban archipelago are systematically affected by multiple natural phenomena, which cause significant material damages and the loss of human lives. That is why the National Strategy on Environmental Education in Cuba declares as prioritized aspect population preparedness against hazards, vulnerability, and risks. In this regard, this review article discusses the theoretical and methodological foundations that underpin the education for disaster risk perception in the context of the educational processes in the schools of Cuba from the perspective of environmental education for sustainable development.

scholarly journals IDENTIFYING USERS’ REQUIREMENTS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

2020 ◽  
Vol VI-3/W1-2020 ◽  
pp. 99-106
Author(s):  
G. Rosario Michel ◽  
S. Muñoz Tapia ◽  
V. Guzmán Javier ◽  
J. Crompvoets
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. In recent years, the growth of public available geographic information and location-based services has been enabling more stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to participate in generating and sharing a comprehensive view of the territory to reduce the impact of severe phenomena in the communities. With the prediction of more disastrous phenomena in the Caribbean region, understanding of what and how to be prepared beforehand to meet users’ needs from different sectors should facilitate to react quickly and take full advantage of geospatial technology and resources to support disaster managers and citizens. This paper is mainly focused on the identification of users’ requirements of geographic information and services for disaster risk management (DRM) in the Dominican Republic. The results are built upon an online survey targeted to expert and non-expert users that intervene in the National System of Prevention, Mitigation and Response (SN-PMR, in Spanish). Our findings revealed seven major users’ requirements for DRM: (1) policy for sharing geo-information; (2) implementing a disaster-oriented SDI; (3) technical standards for real-time data collection; (4) simplified procedures for gathering and accessing of metadata; (5) mobile applications (App) for data collection and alerts visualization; (6) more capacity building programs; and, (7) closer community participation using social networks. This knowledge will contribute to a superior level of readiness to prevent future disasters in Dominican Republic and to support potential studies/practices in the Caribbean region and other Small Island Developing States in the World, which share similar challenges in terms of natural hazards and development issues.

African Caribbean Residents of Edinburgh in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Williams
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
British Empire ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
African Caribbean ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries

Scotland is gradually coming to terms with its involvement in slavery and colonialism as part of the British Empire. This article places the spotlight on the lives of African Caribbean people who were residents of Edinburgh during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I discuss their varied experiences and contributions: from runaways and men fighting for their freedom in the Scottish courts to women working as servants in city households or marrying into Edinburgh high society. The nineteenth century saw activism among political radicals from abolitionists to anticolonialists; some of these figures studied and taught at Edinburgh University. Their stories reflect the Scottish capital’s many direct connections with the Caribbean region.

Wind Power Assessment In The Caribbean Region Of Colombia, Using Ten-Minute Wind Observations And Era5 Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Andrés Gil Ruiz ◽  
Julio Eduardo Cañón Barriga ◽  
J. Alejandro Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Wind Power ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
The Caribbean

Wider Caribbean Region—A Pivotal Time to Strengthen Regional Instruments For Biodiversity Conservation

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Lausche
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
International Policy ◽  
Global Environment Facility ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Specially Protected Areas

AbstractThe countries of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) are linked economically by their transboundary living marine resources. The region is facing a continued decline of these resources. Science is improving our understanding of the human contributions to this decline, but national policies and programmes have not kept pace with this understanding. The Caribbean Regional Seas Programme and its Cartagena Convention and Protocols provide the regional legal framework for protection and sustainable management of the WCR's living marine and coastal resources. This article focuses on the Cartagena Convention's Protocol for biodiversity conservation, the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW), arguing that governments and organizations need to significantly increase participation in this regional treaty regime to effectively address transboundary environmental challenges. A new initiative, the Global Environment Facility-supported Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem project, will help in this effort. International policy supports strengthened regional seas programmes. It is now imperative for all levels and sectors to assist governments in strengthening this important treaty regime for biodiversity conservation in the Wider Caribbean Region.

scholarly journals The Neogene tropical America fish assemblage and the paleobiogeography of the Caribbean region

2011 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orangel Antonio Aguilera Socorro ◽  
Maria Inês Feijó Ramos ◽  
Eduardo Tavares Paes ◽  
Sue Anne Regina Ferreira Costa ◽  
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra
Keyword(s):  
Fish Assemblage ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Tropical America ◽  
The Caribbean
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