the International Flood Initiative Website hosted by the IFI Secretariat at ICHARM. http://www.ifi-home.info http://www.ifi-home.info/IUGG_GeoRisk.html http://www.ifi-home.info/IUGG_GeoRisk.html http://www.ifi-home.info/IRDR_Japan.html Japan National Committee for Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR). International Council for Science (ICSU) launches major research programme on natural disasters risk reduction http://www.ifi-home.info/IRDR_Japan.html http://www.ifi-home.info/Japan_IRDR.html ICSU Science Plan for Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR). International Council for Science (ICSU) launches major research programme on natural disasters risk reduction. http://www.ifi-home.info/Japan_IRDR.html http://www.ifi-home.info International Flood Initiative (IFI) is a framework to reduce damage caused by floods in collaboration with such international organizations as UNESCO, WMO, the United Nations University (UNU), IAHS, IAHR and UN/ISDR. IFI's main activities are research, education and training, information networking, human resources networking for good governance, and technical assistance. ICHARM serves as the international core center for IFI, assuming the secretariat function essential to promote IFI activities. This is official site of IFI hosted by ICHARM. http://www.ifi-home.info http://www.ifi-home.info/Photo.html http://www.ifi-home.info/Photo.html