This blog provides a comprehensive review of the available natural hazard tools and databases for disaster risk monitoring, mitigation, and analysis in South Africa. It aims to offer valuable insights into the current landscape of disaster risk management in South Africa.
The Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) data, provided by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), was used to generate the map layers included in the atlas (https://www.emdat.be). The atlas can be filtered to South Africa, displaying the number of geophysical, meteorological, hydrological, and climatological natural disaster events across the country from 1952.
Compiled utilising information from the 2018 National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA) by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), this blog speaks to the current status and protection level of South Africa’s terrestrial ecosystems.
An environmental risk and vulnerability profiler based on the 2018 National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA) data which was conducted by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).