We are promoting multilateral network building for improving disaster risk reduction (DRR) capacity including enhancement of DRR-related personnel exchanges in Asia

The Latest Disaster Information

2019/04/22 A powerful earthquake of Magnitude 6.1 has struck the main Philippines island of Luzon at 17:11 local time (09:11 GMT) on 22 April 2019. 2019/04/05 The recent unpredictable and shocking rainstorms that swept through parts of Southern Nepal (Bara and Parsa districts) have killed at least 34 people, more than 400 injured and many homeless. 2019/03/19 The northern part of Iran has experienced heavy rains over the past week causing floods, landslides and severe damage to the infrastructure, including roads. So far 70 deaths have been reported. 2019/03/16 Flash floods in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua caused by torrential rain since 16 March 2019, Saturday have killed at least 42 people and more than 120 residents have been taking shelter. 2019/01/21 Heavy rains that have been hitting South Sulawesi, Indonesia since 21 January 2019 caused floods and landslides, and displaced more than 6,700 people.

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What’s New

Newsletter
ADRC Highlight vol.313 [English]
ADRC Highlight vol.309 [Russian]

2018/11/01Publications
NEW! The Report of 20-Year History of ADRC was published for commemorating the 20th Anniversary of ADRC.

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2018/10/30Publications
NEW![Annual Report] ADRC Annual Report 2017

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2018/11/01Events
NEW!The Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction (ACDR) 2018 was successfully held in Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan on 30 October - 1 November 2018.

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2019/04/01News
The design of main contents of the ADRC homepage was renewed as mobile devises user friendly website. More pages will be renewed in the fiscal year 2019.

The Thoughts of ADRC

ADRC was founded in 1998 in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture.
The mission is to enhance disaster resilience of its member countries, to create safe communities where people can live with peace of mind, and to create a society that enables sustainable development.
For the purpose, the ADRC is promoting the establishment of multilateral networks through personnel exchanges and a variety of other programs for disaster risk reduction in Asia.

Member Countries DRR Information

Country reports which compiled DRR information and other relevant information of member countries are available.

Information Sharing on DRR

Learning from Disasters and Benefiting from Information
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Human Resource
Development

Disaster Risk Reduction begins with Capacity Building
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Community DRR Activities

Community Participation is a Key to Effective Disaster Reduction
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