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Tonga Volcanic Birth
A new volcano was born off the north-west coast of Tonga in late December 2014 and January 2015. The report below relates to its existence when it was discovered and reconnoitred by Tongan government agencies, supported by New Zealand technical experts, during that period. This volcano exploded, with devasting effect, in January 2022. The Situation […]
DRR-Conflict
We’ve modified our Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) diagram to illustrate the effects of this due to conflict and/or a severe deterioration in governance. This diagram is explained more fully (on page 14) in the TorqAid article a Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Framework – www.torqaid.com/drm-framework. We cover conflict-related scenarios in Topics TC08 and TC09 of the 2025 online PDRM program. In the past we have analysed the situations in Rohingya in Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Syria, Gaza, the Yemen and Ukraine.
5KAs
The Five Key Attributes (5KAs) of the humanitarian (or development) practitioner have been designed and refined by Chris Piper over the past 25 years. They are personal reflections, and are included in Topic TC03 (Humanitarian Attributes & Standards) of the PDRM program.
2023-pdrm-Bhutan-RP
Enclosed is the 2023 Bhutan Research Project (RP) as carried out by the online Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) student cohort during Semester 2. This is a 92 page document which consists of the following sections: Table of Contents Project Description Introduction Bhutan Maps Main Hazards of Bhutan (including Ten Seed Technique {TST} Exercises) Hazards […]