Disaster reduction in Asia: ISDR informs, issue 1, 2005

This issue includes:

ISDR Global News
- New UN/ISDR Outreach Office in Central Asia
- New ISDR focal point in Kobe, Japan
- Learning to live with risk
- Media contributions to disaster reduction recognized
- ISDR Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning
- Linking the disaster reduction and climate change communities
- Disaster reduction and SIDS
- Beijing Declaration on the 2005 World Conference on Disaster Reduction

Asia Regional Partners
- ADPC Regional Consultative Committee Meets in Bangladesh
- Building Capacity for Landslide Impact Mitigation
- Disaster and Development Course Focuses on Health
- New Executive Director at ADRC
- ADRC Utilizes Range of Venues to Promote Risk Reduction
- Public Forum
- Thematic Sessions
- Poster Sessions
- International Symposium (Pre-event)
- Conference on Disaster Reduction 2004 held in Cambodia
- Public Forum on Recovery
- UNDP Sees WCDR as a Means to Build Capacity in Asia
- UNESCAP prepared for WCDR
- OCHA Promotes Preparedness For Effective Response

Contributions
- UNESCO Works to Reduce Natural Disasters
- UN Centre for Regional Development gears up for WCDR
- Lessons from Bam inform WCDR