Date: November, 3, 2016

Organisers: UNESCO Category 2 centre World Natural Heritage Management & Training for Asia and Pacific region at Wildlife Institute of India (Dehradun), Development and Research Organisation for Nature Arts and Heritage (DRONAH) Foundation (Gurgaon), UNESCO office in Delhi, Cluster office for Bhutan, India, Maldives and Srilanka, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Management

Brief: A thematic session at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Vigyan Bhawan was conducted to influence policy and action for better management and protection of Natural and Cultural World Heritage Sites for Disaster Risk Reduction and to interact and provide a knowledge platform for promoting DRR solutions through World Heritage Sites to policy makers and practitioners in Asia-Pacific Region.