Every year more than 200 million people are affected from disaster like flood, landslides, drought, cyclone, earth quake, forest fire and other hazards. Increase in population densities, environmental degradation and global temperature rise is making impact on natural hazard worse. While many know human misery and economic losses resulting from disaster what few realize is that this devastation can be prevented through disaster risk reduction initiatives.

Government around the world have committed to take action to reduce disaster and have adopted a guideline to reduce vulnerabilities to natural hazards called Hyogo Frame work for Action (Hyogo Framework). The Hyogo Framework For action is the key instrument for the implementing disaster risk reduction, adopted by the member states of the United Nations.Initiated on 18-22 January 2005,Kobe, Hyogo, Japan at World Conference on Disaster Reduction. Its major goal is to build resilience of the nations and communities to disaster by achieving substantive reduction of disaster losses by 2015 to save lives, social functions, economy and environmental assets of communities and countries.

Collaboration and Cooperation are the crucial to disaster risk reduction: States, Regional organizations and Institutions, and International organizations all have to play a vital role. Civil Societies including volunteers and Community based organizations, The Scientific community, Media, Private sector, Vital Stake holders, and Academic institutions also play supporting part.

HFA outlines five priorities for action, and offers guiding principles and practical means for achieving disaster resilience for vulnerable communities in the context of Sustainable Development.

1.Make Disaster Risk Reduction a Priority

• Ensure that Disaster Reduction is a national and local priority with strong institutional basis for implementation.

2.Know the risk and Take action

• Identify, assess, and monitoring disaster risks and enhance early warning.

3.Build Understanding and awareness

• Use knowledge, innovation, and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all level.

4.Reduce Risk

• Reduce the underlying risk factor

5.Be prepared and ready to act

• Strength disaster preparedness for effective response at all levels.