11 July 2022
We’ve seen dangerous and damaging rain and floods again in New South Wales in the past two weeks. We know that many communities have now had compounding and multiple disasters these last few years and will be again beginning the process of recovery. Resilience NSW and many other agencies are again working hard on community recovery.
We again provide links to our Blue Shield Australia resources and links to help with personal collection salvage and organisational recovery. While we have received reports of a number of libraries and heritage buildings being affected by water leaks etc, we have not received any further reports at this stage.
This year the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction released the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction – the GAR2022 Report . “If current trends continue, the number of significant disasters per year globally may increase from around 400 in 2015 to 560 per year by 2030 – a projected increase of 40% during the lifetime of the Sendai Framework.”
We can all play our part to #StopTheSpiral and contribute to being more prepared for natural disasters, within our organisations and in our personal lives. This short UNDRR video highlights this need.
We encourage you to look through the Blue Shield Australia resources and planning documents, and make time to undertake preparatory tasks within your cultural heritage sites and organisations and join with others in your local region to ‘get prepared’.
If you’d like to get in contact with Blue Shield Australia you can email us at info @ blueshieldaustralia.org.au
Kathryn Dan, BSA Chair, 2021-2023