ISDR Briefing Note 03
Promoting Early Warning: Reducing Risk
Presentation on National Stakeholders Workshop on Weather Forecasting and Flood Early Warning System in Nepal,
April 8, 2011, Kathmandu
Presentation on National Stakeholders Workshop on Weather Forecasting and Flood Early Warning System in Nepal, April 8, 2011, Kathmandu
Presentation on National Stakeholders Workshop on Weather Forecasting and Flood Early Warning System in Nepal, 8 April, 2011, Kathmandu
Presentation on National Stakeholders Workshop on Weather Forecasting and Flood Early Warning System in Nepal, April 8, 2011, Kathmandu
Presentation on National Stakeholders Workshop on Weather Forecasting and Flood Early Warning System in Nepal,
April 8, 2011, Kathmandu
Summary of Workshop Findings
M.S. Shrestha, G.A. Artan, S.R. Bajracharya and R.R. Sharma
This document highlights the achievements and progress made by Mercy Corps and Practical Action, their local partners and the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, to establish functional community based early warning systems in Nepal.
This document provides the first comprehensive attempt in Nepal to provide a guide for the establishment of community based early warning systems in flood prone communities. It has brought together the materials drawn from Practical Action and Mercy Corps experience in dealing with establishment of Community Based Early Warning Systems in a number of communities in the Terai areas of Nepal, as well as the reference and experience of other organizations and agencies to this effect. It is structured around the following topics: (i) disaster risk reduction; (ii) early warning systems; (iii) establishment of community based early warning systems.
