Countries turn to Ecosystems to Reduce Risk Amid Concerns over More Disasters

Strong commitments to ecosystem-based approaches for disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) were made at the Plenary Session on Ecosystems and Resilience at the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). As negotiations for a post-2015 framework on DRR continue this week in Sendai, over 200 participants gathered at the Plenary Session to discuss how investments in the environment can help build resilience worldwide.