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African Regional Implementation Workshop on Hazards and DisastersDakar, Senegal
26-27 September, 2012
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Overview of Implementation Activities of ICSU ROA’s Hazards and Disasters
Science Plan
By
Dr. R.L.K.GloverProgramme Specialist: Biological Sciences
ICSU ROA
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INTRODUCTION (1) Sub-Saharan Africa prone to many types of natural and
human-induced hazards and disasters, most commonly:
Geological
Hydro-meteorological
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Earthquake
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Volcano
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Tsunami
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Drought
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Drought
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Floods in Northern Ghana
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Cyclone Bingiza in Madagascar
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Huge Wildfire in South Africa
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Hailstorm in Klerksdorp, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Dust storm often occurs in South Africa
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Storm at sea
J’burg’s Thunder/Lightning Storms famous in SA Summer
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Windstorm
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A landslide in Kenya
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Woman cries for her 4 children lost in landslide, Bududa, Uganda
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Landslide in Taiwan
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Soil Erosion in Kenya
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Coastal Erosion in Gran Canarias Island
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Erosion in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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INTRODUCTION (2)
These events may occur naturally; but some triggered or exacerbated by human activity
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INTRODUCTION (3)ICSU ROA Science Plan on Hazards and
Disasters
prepared and published in September 2007
to revitalize efforts for addressing impact of these hazards and disasters on African communities
through a framework of research projects for better understanding of the problem
and developing strategies to mitigate them and improve resilience of vulnerable communities
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IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES (1) Task teams of scientists from Africa and African
scientists in the diaspora established to develop research projects in the two common hazard and disaster groupings- Geo- and Hydro-meteorological
Project HD01 on Geo-hazards aims at: assessing and mitigating earthquake hazards, characterising Africa’s active volcanoes for
appropriate hazard monitoring
Project HD02 on Hydro-meteorological hazards and disasters in Africa: vulnerability and resilience
is focused on: research on drought events and floods, and the resilience of communities to these events
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IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES (2) Proposals sent by ICSU ROA to a number of funders
but none received funding Scoping workshop in March, 2012 merged and transformed task teams of two groups
into a consolidated research consortium to: o integrate research on disaster risko recast research proposals -- to focus on key challenges in Science Plan, e.g. adequately address vulnerability, resilience, mitigation and disaster management issues
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IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES (3) -- achieve multi-/transdisciplinarity by involving social scientists and engineers -- ensure participation by civil society, public sector, national members and scientific unions, municipalities, private sector and NGOs
o refine scope, with realistic budgets, depending on funders
o identify and submit proposals to potential funders (UNDERWAY???)
Book on Hazards and Disasters in sub-Saharan Africa being developed for publication with sponsorship from the African Institute of South Africa (AISA)
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Thank You