Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) is based on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and the purpose of Eco-DRR is to prevent and reduce disasters by utilizing ecosystems.[1][2][3] Eco-DRR is to maintain ecosystems and ecosystem services, to use them as buffer zones and buffers for dangerous natural phenomena, and to provide humans and local communities with functions such as food and water supply. Eco-DRR is closely related to Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), approaches to adapt to climate change. They all involve the management of ecosystems and their services to reduce the vulnerability of human communities to the impacts of climate change.
Evidence suggests that many ecosystems can benefit from sustainable, multi-factored strategies for Eco-DRR. However, disaster risk reduction research has tended to focus on urban areas of the Global North. More research is needed in coastal, dryland and watershed areas and the Global South.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Ecosystem based disaster risk reduction". Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ↑ "About ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR)". IUCN. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ↑ Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan: A handbook for practitioners (PDF) (Report). March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ↑ Sudmeier-Rieux, K.; Arce-Mojica, T.; Boehmer, H. J.; Doswald, N.; Emerton, L.; Friess, D. A.; Galvin, S.; Hagenlocher, M.; James, H.; Laban, P.; Lacambra, C.; Lange, W.; McAdoo, B. G.; Moos, C.; Mysiak, J.; Narvaez, L.; Nehren, U.; Peduzzi, P.; Renaud, F. G.; Sandholz, S.; Schreyers, L.; Sebesvari, Z.; Tom, T.; Triyanti, A.; van Eijk, P.; van Staveren, M.; Vicarelli, M.; Walz, Y. (28 June 2021). "Scientific evidence for ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction". Nature Sustainability. 4 (9): 803–810. doi:10.1038/s41893-021-00732-4. S2CID 235664325. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
Further reading
- "What is Eco-DRR?". JICA's Eco-DRR Cooperation in Developing Countries (PDF). Japan International Cooperation Agency. p. 6. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- Furuta, Naoya; Seino, Satoquo (28 September 2016). "Progress and Gaps in Eco-DRR Policy and Implementation After the Great East Japan Earthquake". Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation in Practice. Springer International Publishing. pp. 295–313. ISBN 978-3-319-43631-9. Retrieved 1 March 2021.