Volcano
Mitigation Team (VMT)
Actions and programs on volcanic hazards.
Natural Hazards Mitigation Post-Graduate Studies
(the CERG) International certificate in analysis and management of
geological risks
Swiss Disaster Relief Unit
A group dedicated to world-wide disaster prevention and rescue operations.
Seismic Hazards Studies Seismic risks
studies, seismic zonation, and more...
Volcano Pictures.
A catalog of slides showing volcanoes in Central America, USA, Italy and Latin America.
Geology/Volcanology Hotlist
Sites of interest related to geology and/or volcanoes. A must-have!
The Earth Sciences Section of the University of Geneva has introduced a
Certificate
of Specialization in Analysis and Management of Geological Risks in cooperation with the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of
Lausanne and the United Nations University in Tokyo (UNU).
Geologists, Engineers and Decision Makers can be trained in fields such as seismic, volcanic,
flooding, landslides hazards and their impacts and then apply
mitigation strategies in their respective countries.
As a contribution to the spirit of the UN's International Decade for Natural
Disasters Reduction (IDNDR), the 1996 course is organized in the Caribbean,
at the University of The West Indies, in Kingston, Jamaica. The course is
planified for July 8 to August 17, 1996.
The attendance is international: we have had participants from more than
35 different countries.
At the same time, PhD candidates are studying volcanic risks in Guatemala and Nicaragua, while others are mapping and evaluating seismic risks in central Europe.
The team is also cooperating with several
different groups, working in the volcanic hazards monitoring and the natural disaster
relief fields.
It is based at the University of Geneva, in Switzerland, and acts
mostly in conjunction with the
Swiss Disaster Relief Unit, part of the Humanitarian Affairs, which is attached to
the Swiss Foreign Affairs Department.
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