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1 South Africa s disaster risk management contextSouth Africa faces increasing levels of disaster risk. It is exposed to a wide range of weatherhazards, including drought, cyclones and severe storms that can trigger widespread hardshipand devastation. In addition, South Africa s extensive coastline and proximity to shippingroutes present numerous marine and coastal threats. Similarly, our shared borders with sixsouthern African neighbours present both natural and human-induced cross-boundary risks,as well as humanitarian assistance obligations in times of addition to these natural and human-induced threats and despite ongoing progress toextend essential services to poor urban and rural communities, large numbers of people livein conditions
engagement of technical advice in disaster risk management planning and operations. Section 1.4. describes the arrangements for national, regional and international co-opera-tion for disaster risk management. 1.1 Arrangements for the development and adoption of integrated disaster risk management policy
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