2. What is PEDRR?
Global alliance of UN agencies, NGOs and specialist institutes
formally established in 2008, including regional bodies such as
ADPC and The Council of Europe
To promote increased collaboration at the regional level,
PEDRR collaborates with the Disaster and Environment
Working Group for Asia (DEWGA)

3. Vision
Build resilient communities as a result of improved
ecosystem management for disaster risk reduction (DRR)
and climate change adaptation (CCA)
Objective
Pool expertise and advocate for policy change and best
practice in ecosystem management for DRR and CCA,
based on science, practitioners’ experience and indigenous
knowledge

4. Rationale
Healthy and well-managed ecosystems - such as coral
reefs, mangroves, forests and wetlands - reduce disaster
risk by acting as natural buffers or protective barriers, for
instance through flood and landslide mitigation and water
filtration and absorption.
Fully-functioning ecosystems build local resilience against
disasters by sustaining livelihoods and providing important
products to local populations.

5. Rationale
Maintaining and enhancing ecosystems for natural hazard
mitigation and prevention can strengthen local adaptation
capacities to counter the effects of climate change.
Adopting an integrated approach to ecosystem management
for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation is
therefore the way forward.
Incorporating the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services
in an overall strategy to help people adapt to the adverse
impacts of climate change is the basis of Ecosystem-based
Adaptation (EbA).

6. Focus
Seeks to promote and scale-up implementation of
ecosystem-based DRR
Ensures it is mainstreamed in development planning at
global, national and local levels, in line with the Hyogo
Framework for Action
Provides technical and science-based expertise and
applies best practices in ecosystems-based DRR
approaches

7. Partnership
Pool and share resources (expertise, knowledge,
networks, field experieces and learn from each other)
to strengthen our work andcollectively have a higher
impact
Partnership and collaborations
Provide the opportunity for others to tap into a network
in this area of work rather than individual organisations

8. Events
UN ISDR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva,
Switzerland, June 2009
Global Risk Forum, Davos, Switzerland, June 2010
Expert workshop on Environment and Disaster Reduction, Bonn,
Germany, September 2010
Global Assessment Report (GAR) on Disaster Risk Reduction, 2011
UN ISDR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva,
Switzerland, May 2011
www.pedrr.net