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ADPC in Media
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31 March 2011
Associated Press of Pakistan
reported that ADPC and the National
Disaster Management Authority of
Pakistan agreed to strengthen
partnership on building Pakistan's
institutional capacity for disaster
risk reduction and preparedness.
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31 March 2011
The
IRIN News article says recent
two earthquakes in Japan and Myanmar
underscore the need for greater
disaster preparedness in the region,
quoting the statement of Dr. Krasae
Chanawongse, chairman of ADPC Board
of Trustees at the
High-Level Meeting on 23rd of
March 2011
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25 March 2011
"The death toll of
the March 11 earthquake and tsunami
in Japan is high despite the country
being well prepared for natural
disasters. This means we have to
learn more about disaster
preparedness if we want the
Asia-Pacific region to be a safer
place" said
Dr. Bhichit Rattakul, ADPC
Executive Director in the interview
with
Bangkok Post at the High-Level
Meeting on 23rd of March 2011.
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23 March 2011
"Officials in charge
of dealing with disasters in Asia
have hailed progress in efforts to
better prepare the region." Entitled
'Asian
Nations Hail Disaster Prevention
Efforts', the article came
out from the Press Conference
organized in conjunction with the
High-Level Meeting on 23rd of
March 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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15 March 2011
Aslam Perwaiz,
Department Head of Disaster Risk
Management Systems, spoke with
Voice of America on the disaster
in Japan struck by 9.0 M earthquake
and subsequent tsunami on 11 March
2011
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21 February 2011
Aslam Perwaiz,
Program manager of Disaster
Management System team, talked to
IRIN news about the importance
of better flood and land management
in Mekong River Basin region.
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9 November 2010
Aslam Perwaiz,
Program manager of Disaster
Management System team, talked to
Bangkok Post about Thailand's
disaster prevention and mitigation
strategies and what’s the problem to
implement those plans at the local
levels.
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7
October 2010
Asia has a high number of landslide
hot spots - from India to the
Philippines - and is the continent
most affected by landslides due
partly to its positioning along
active faultlines. Dr. Amit
Kumar, a senior project manager
at Urban Disaster Risk Management
team talked to IRIN (NEPAL:
Road-building leads to deadlier
landslides) on
Nepal Hazard Risk Assessment project
and it's landslides risk.
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26 September 2010
One year after the typhoon Ketsana,
Cities in Philippines are still
ill-prepared for disasters, IRIN
news reports. Ms. Gabrielle
Iglesias, Project Officer at
Urban Disaster Risk Management team
pointed out one reason, donors are
still focusing on Response, not
Preparedness: "Only 5 percent of US
government funding through its
Office of Foreign Disaster
Assistance (OFDA) goes toward risk
reduction, with most allocated to
relief and recovery", said
Gabrielle.
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23 September 2010
Dr. Senaka Basnayake, urban
climate risks management specialist
at Urban Disaster Risk Management
team, quoted at a IRIN news article
on 'Top
10 deadliest cyclones' in Asia.
"The impact of cyclones is much
higher in Asia, compared to the US
which is also hit frequently,
because of the economic conditions
and gaps in early-warning
mechanisms," said Dr. Senaka.
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3 September 2010
Dr. Bhichit Rattakul, ADPC
Executive Director, talked to Radio
Thailand at the National
Consultation Meeting on Public
Awareness for Flood Risk Reduction
in Thailand about the objective of
the meeting and the importance of
raising public awareness on flood
prevention and response.
This recorded interview has been
aired through FM. 88
MP3 files
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26 August 2010
Mr.Frederick John
Abo,
Senior Project Manager of Public
Health in Emergency team, talked to
IRIN about Hospital Emergency
Preparedness. Check out what he has
to say in the news article,
"When hospitals become casualties"
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26 August 2010
Mr.
N.M.S.I. Arambepola,
Director of Urban disaster Risk
Management team, talked to IRIN and
his words are quoted in the news
article titled "ASIA:
10 deadliest quakes" at IRIN,
the UN Humanitarian News and
Analysis
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5 July 2010
Mr.
Aloysius (Loy) Rego, Deputy
Executive Director and Director of
Disaster Management System team, had
interview with Radio Thailand on the
Second Workshop on
ASEAN Defence Establishments and
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
Cooperation on Non-Traditional
Security (Disaster Management)
which were held on 28-29 June
2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. This
recorded interview has been aired
through FM. 88
MP3 files
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5 July 2010
A Workshop on
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
which was jointly organized by ADPC,
Relief and Resettlement Department
of Ministry of Social Welfare,
Relief and Resettlement, and Myanmar
Engineering Society, was appeared on
a Myanmar newspaper.
News article clip
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10 June 2010
Mr. Anisur Rahman,
Project Manager of Urban Disaster
Risk Management team, published an
article titled "Dhaka
in Danger" on The Daily Star,
the largest circulating English
daily newspaper in Bangladesh. He
talked about seismic risk which the
City is facing based on the study
under the
Comprehensive Disaster Management
Program (CDMP).
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8, 9 June 2010
Dr. Peeranan
Towashiraporn, Senior Project
Manager of Urban Disaster Risk
Management team, is talking
about earthquake risk in Thailand
and how to prepare it. The recorded
interviews have been aired through
FM. 88
MP3 files
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7 June 2010
Mr. Frederick John Abo,
Senior
Project Manager of Public Health in
Emergencies team, is talking
about
Program for Enhancement of Emergency
Response (PEER). This recorded
interview has been aired through FM.
88
MP3 files
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6 June 2010
Mr. N.M.S.I. Arambepola,
Director
of Urban disaster Risk Management
team, is talking about ADPC's city
disaster management activities with
Radio Thailand. This recorded
interview has been aired through FM.
88
MP3 files
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5 May 2010
ADPC's
School Flood Safety Program in
Vietnam has been mentioned in a
IRIN article
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28, 29 Apr 2010
Aslam Perwaiz, Program manager
of Disaster Management System team,
has been quoted at a news coverage
of recently held 'Mekong Environment
and Climate Symposium 2010' at
Viet Nam News and
Saigong Times
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8, 9 Apr 2010
Mr. A.R. Subbiah, Director of
Climate Risk Management team, had
interview with Radio Thailand on the
issue of El Niño phenomenon in the
region. The recorded interview was
aired through FM.88
MP3 files
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18, 21 Feb, 1 Mar 2010
Dr. Bhichit Rattakul,
ADPC Executive Director, had a
series of interview with Radio
Thailand on the organization and its
activities in the Asia & Pacific
region. The recorded interviews were
aired through FM.88
MP3 files
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08
Feb 2010
Voice of America: "Some Crops
Can Help Farmers Prepare for
Disasters"
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09
Jan 2010
Bangkok Post: "Adaptation, risk
reduction 'must be in carbon plans'"
(Note: this is a media coverage
of ADPC-organized
IPCC seminar on 7-8 Jan 2010)
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08
Jan 2010
Reuters: "Climate change brings
new flooding dangers for Bangkok"
(Note: this is a media coverage
of ADPC-organized
IPCC seminar on 7-8 Jan 2010)
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07
Jan 2010
Voice of America: "It is
essential for policy makers to link
climate change and disaster
management planning." (Note:
this is a media coverage of
ADPC-organized
IPCC seminar on 7-8 Jan 2010)
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06
Nov 2009
Dr. Bhichit
Rattakul,
ADPC Executive Director, had
interview with ABC Radio Australia
on "Bangkok
faces flood threat from rising seas"
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28 Oct 2009
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ADPC’s coordinating efforts for a
multi-hazard early warning system,
known as the Regional Integrated
Multi-Hazard Early Warning System
(RIMES), featured on
AlterNet.
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This article gives some idea over
how the Indian Ocean tsunami
warning system works and ADPC’s role
for the system.
AlterNet
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24 Sept 2009
Repeated tremors jolt country
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21 Sept
2009
7.5 quake can kill 1.3 lakh in
Dhaka: survey
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29
Apr 2009
ADPC in the news: Seasonal Climate
Forum, Hanoi
Voice of Vietnam News
Ministry of National Defense Website
Vietnam News Agency
Vietnamese version: MoNRE News
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22 Jan 2009
Thailand Channel NBT interviews Dr.Bhichit Rattakul in Morning Talk.
view click here
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Business.com Magazine:
Disaster protector
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04 Sep
2008
ADPC
conducts evaluation
of Government of India-UNDP Disaster
Risk Management Program
Coverage's>>1,
2,
3,
4
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23 May 2008
Regional Consultative Committee
(RCC7)-Significant strides in
disaster prevention since tsunami
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30 Jul 2008
IRIN
reports ADPC Deputy Executive
Director, Loy Rego's insight
on ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and
its initiatives for disaster
management in "Natural disasters
spur regional cooperation in Asia"
http://www.irinnews.org/
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10 Jun 2008
ADPC
conducts ASEAN+3 Sub Regional
Exercise
Management Training Workshop, Brunei
Coverage's>>
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6
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23 May 2008
Regional Consultative
Committee (RCC7)-Significant strides
in disaster prevention since tsunami
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3 May 2008
The Nation, Thailand
interviews Dr. Bhichit Rattakul
more >>
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2 May 2008
Nargis gets a move,
readies for landfall
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/05/02/stories/2008050250281100.htm
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1 May 2008
Climate Field
School in the Philippines more
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21 Mar 2008
National Flood Forum, Vientiane, Lao
PDR
View Photos
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15 Feb 2008
ADPC
conducts National Consultation
Workshop on
Coastal Community Resilience (CCR)
issues
Myanmar
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21 Oct 2007
Prepare for the worst
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19 Oct 2007
Games
are helping kids prepare for
disasters
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20 Aug 2007
Media’s role in
covering natural disasters debated
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14 Aug 2007
ADPC experts developing system to
warn of landslides
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2 Aug 2007
Forecasting System
Provides Flood Warnings to
Vulnerable Residents of Bangladesh
more>>
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Aug 2007
ADPC's
Climate Forecast
Applications in Bangladesh (CFAB-II)
features in New Scientist.
more>>
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25 Jul 2007
Preparing for the
Worst
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19 Jun 2007
WRF Reduces Damage from Natural Disasters
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19 Jun 2007
ADPC and IBM Thailand establishes
Weather Research Forecasting (WRF)
systemc
more>>
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18 Jun 2007
1st farm climate
school to open in Iloilo
more>>
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11-15 Jun 2007
ADPC conducts CBDRM course in
Dushanbe,
Tajikistan,
more>>
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3 may 2007
Incredulity greets rice field
warning
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24 Apr 2007
World Health Day
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25 Apr 2007
King Moves to Prevent hailstorms
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9 Nov 2006
China pledges
more efforts in disaster reduction,
Xinhua News Agency
more>>
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Post reporter wins
honors
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24
Apr 2006
Emergency vehicle now fully equipped
for any eventuality - The Nation
Monday
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Mar
2006
Call to give women
bigger role in disaster responses - Part 1
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9 Mar
2006
Call to give
women bigger role in disaster responses - Part 2
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23
Jan 2006
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Tsunami - 1st
Year Co Memories - Page 1
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Tsunami - 1st
Year Co Memories - Page 2
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Tsunami - 1st
Year Co Memories -
Page 3
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Tsunami - The human face of a
tragedy - Nation Multimedia
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1 Nov
2005
Tsunami - Executive Director ADPC
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8 Oct 2005
Disaster Preparedness Agency
Draws Governments Together, but
Still Wants Community Links
more >>
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25 Oct 2005
Disaster
workshop opens
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27
Sep 2005
Pledge to UN tsunami warning fund
honored - Thai Day
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26
Sep 2005
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21
Sep 2005
Tsunami - MOU
between ADPC and Government of Thailand -
Society -
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8
Sept 2005
Tsunami - MOU between
ADPC and National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC)
- The Nation
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17 Aug 2005
USAID Announces Launch of Indian
Ocean Tsunami Warning System Program
more>>
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30
Jul 2005
Tsunami UNDP
- Bangkok Post Saturday -
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