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11 results for "disaster risk reduction"
![Landslide in Seatown, Dorset. © James Loveridge](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/landslide-in-seatown-dorset.webp)
BGS receives award at the World Landslide Forum 2023
BGS's landslide team has been designated a World Centre of Excellence on landslide risk reduction by the International Consortium on Landslides.
![Mayon_Volcano_with_cloudy_hat-scaled](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Mayon_Volcano_with_cloudy_hat-scaled-1.jpg)
Living in multi-hazard environments
Assessing geological hazard information to improve detection and forecasting of geo-hazards and build on current disaster risk management practices.
![Earthquake damage on the Greek island of Kos in 2017. Rubble lies in a street that has fallen from a semi-ruined building.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/P948705.jpg)
MYRIAD-EU: shifting the paradigm in disaster risk management
How changing our approach to disaster risk reduction practices can create a more resilient future.
![Volcán Nevado del Ruiz model from 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption film series](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/volcan-nevado-del-ruiz-960x645.jpg)
Film trilogy wins award and shares experiences of 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption
A collaborative film trilogy co-directed by BGS Volcanologist, Dr Anna Hicks, has won the overall 'Dynamic Earth' Theme Award at the Earth Futures Festival 2022.
![Landslide debris, which has fallen from the top of a cliff covered in grass to a sandy beach below. A broken tarmac road can be seen to the left, with two people in high visibility jackets looking down towards the rubble](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/P917327.jpg)
Citizen science: become part of a real-time Global Landslide Detector
BGS and partners are trialling a new social media tool that detects worldwide landslides in real time.
![Buildings that have been damaged being shored up with long plans of wood in a nearly deserted street](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ShoredUpBuildings-960x640.jpg)
Using satellite imagery for emergency disaster response
BGS has a long history of assisting relief efforts by providing satellite maps, data and interpretation to those affected by disasters, helping to identify hazardous areas to avoid.
![Volcan_Nyiragongo. Dgmuham, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Volcan_Nyiragongo.jpg)
Spaceborne data: an expanding role in disaster response
Alessandro Novellino explains the importance of Earth observation to help facilitate successful emergency responses after natural hazard occurrences.
![Floodplain wetland, Eddleston](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Floodplain_wetland_Eddleston.jpg)
Building with nature and geology to protect against flooding
Discover how BGS is working alongside partners to investigate the effectiveness of natural flood management initiatives and mitigate the threat of flooding.