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Report Outlines New Strategies to Improve Natural Disaster Risk Management A Vision for Managing Natural Disaster Risk outlines recommendations to reduce the impact of natural disasters Enlarging the knowledge and resource base that governments can draw upon is crucial for disaster preparedness Report highlights central role of country risk manager to coordinate disaster preparedness efforts Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 28 April 2011 – A new World Economic Forum report, A Vision for Managing Natural Disaster Risk, published today, outlines recommendations to improve risk management and reduce the impact of natural disasters. The report, written in collaboration with ARUP, Lloyds of London and Swiss Re, among other companies, provides recommendations to reduce the impact of natural disasters through enhancing physical and financial preparedness by using the resources of both the public and private sectors.