{"id":61828,"date":"2020-02-22T10:02:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T05:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61828"},"modified":"2020-02-21T18:18:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T13:18:55","slug":"un-experts-cooperation-disaster-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/un-experts-cooperation-disaster-information.html","title":{"rendered":"UN experts for increasing cooperation on cross-border disasters information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: UN experts have underscored the need for increasing cooperation and partnerships on cross-border disasters information-sharing mechanism in the Asia Pacific region, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The experts highlighted the significance of cementing and increasing human and institutional capabilities of countries and organizations of the region, which is most vulnerable to natural disasters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-approves-pkr-1-bn-disaster-management-plan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"KP Govt approves PKR 1 bn disaster management plan (opens in a new tab)\">KP Govt approves PKR 1 bn disaster management plan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nconsultation was arranged by the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Consultation\non Disaster Information Management (APDIM) in Islamabad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The APDIM is a regional institution under the umbrella of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and these consultations are led in cooperation with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). NDMA Chairman Lt-General Mohammad Afzal emphasized on the importance of disaster risk information and its role in efficient planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-to-work-with-ndrmf-to-tackle-natural-calamities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Punjab to work with NDRMF to tackle natural calamities (opens in a new tab)\">Punjab to work with NDRMF to tackle natural calamities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018,\nthe Asia Pacific region witnessed over half of the 281 natural disasters that\nstruck worldwide; impacting 142 million people in the region since 1970.\nMoreover, the cost of natural disasters is also increasing rapidly with damage\nestimated to be USD 1.5 trillion between 1970 and 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: UN experts have underscored the need for increasing cooperation and partnerships on cross-border disasters information-sharing mechanism in the Asia Pacific region, according to news sources. The experts highlighted the significance of cementing and increasing human and institutional capabilities of countries and organizations of the region, which is most vulnerable to natural disasters. Read: KP Govt approves PKR 1 bn disaster management plan The consultation was arranged by the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Consultation on Disaster Information Management (APDIM) in Islamabad. The APDIM is a regional institution under the umbrella of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and these consultations are led in cooperation with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). NDMA Chairman Lt-General Mohammad Afzal emphasized on the importance of disaster risk information and its role in efficient planning. Read: Punjab to work with NDRMF to tackle natural calamities In 2018, the Asia Pacific region witnessed over half of the 281 natural disasters that struck worldwide; impacting 142 million people in the region since 1970. Moreover, the cost of natural disasters is also increasing rapidly with damage estimated to be USD 1.5 trillion between 1970 and 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":40543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15017],"tags":[10506,14804,20636,19954],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-environmental-protection","10":"tag-natural-disasters","11":"tag-regional-cooperation","12":"tag-united-nations","13":"cat-15181-id","14":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UN experts for cooperation on sharing disaster information - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UN experts have underscored the need for increasing cooperation and partnerships on cross-border disasters information-sharing mechanism in the Asia Pacific region.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/un-experts-cooperation-disaster-information.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UN experts for cooperation on sharing disaster information - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UN experts have underscored the need for increasing cooperation and partnerships on cross-border disasters information-sharing mechanism in the Asia Pacific region.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/un-experts-cooperation-disaster-information.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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