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First Biennial Conference of the Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction hosted by the ACDS in October 2012
From 10-12 October 2012 the ACDS will host the first biennial conference of the newly formed Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction in Potchefstroom, South Africa. The call for papers are now open and can be accessed through the conference website here...
Download the "First Call for Papers" brochure here...
Jàmbá has been accredited by the DoHET
We are pleased to announce that Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies has been included in the Department of Higher Education and Training's (DoHET) Approved list of South African Journals, as of the 1st of January 2012.
We hereby cordially invite you to contribute an article to Jàmbá.
Four editions are planned for 2012, which include two regular editions, a special themed edition on the "Views from the Frontline" project as well as a themed edition on the African Centre for Disaster Studies (ACDS) Conference which will take place from the 10th to the 12th of October 2012 at the North-West University.
Please note that Jàmbá is sponsored by the National Disaster Management Centre and no author fees will be charged for the regular editions. Authors may be required to pay minimum author fees for the themed edition on the ACDS Conference.
For any further inquires please contact Doret Botha, Assistant Editor & Journal Manager at Doret.Botha@nwu.ac.za.
Jàmbá Volume 3 number 2 available
This number of Jàmbá is edited by Prof. Dewald van Niekerk and looks into the effectivenes of flood disaster mitigation, post-disaster adjusment challenges, invasive plants and their disaster effects, the Ghana coast, and the Pakistan floods.
Download the journal in full or per paper here...
"Finding the Fable"
Watch the new documentary produced by ACDS and directed by Nicholas Ellenbogen now online!
"Finding the Fable" looks at issues impacting on community resilience through the eyes of a very diverse group of people. The Limpopo border area is a fragmented landscape which influences the lives and livelihoods of its inhabitants. Ordinary people tell how the Limpopo river, social and land issues, wildlife and cycles of drought and flood affect their everyday lives.
A journey to find a new fable.
On a quest to write an updated version of the fable 'The Elephant Child' by Rudyard Kipling, director/playwright Nicholas Ellenbogen accompanies consultant Michael Murphree on journey along the Limpopo river through farm land, tribal land and military held areas along the South Africa/Zimbabwe border. They discover communities longing to secure their livelihoods but which find themselves disempowered by their circumstances.
DRR Advocacy music video: Loaded Gun
The ACDS recently had the pleasure of working with local South African artists Lloyd and Bruno on our teaching documentary "Finding the Fable". Lloyd and Bruno not only allowed us to use their music in our documentary but also their music video as a DRR advocacy tool. Watch "Loaded Gun" below.
Open for Comments:
The ACDS and LUCRAM hereby invites comments on the concept paper: Disaster Risk Reduction Capacity Development in the SADC Region. Download here...
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