The World Conference on Disaster Reduction, hosted by the United Nations in Kobe, Japan, from 18-22 January, comes at a good time: in the wake of December's tsunami, researchers and policy makers are both keen to do as much as possible to reduce the death count from future disasters. David Cyranoski reports back from the conference.
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Cyranoski, D. Disaster conference. Nature (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/news050117-13
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news050117-13
