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The National Geographic Institute (IGN) officially delivered to the National Center for Disaster Risk Estimation, Prevention and Reduction (Cenepred), high-detail territorial information, with images generated by drones, which will determine exposed infrastructure as well as delimit areas with high and very high risk.
The protocol ceremony held at the headquarters of the National Center was attended by the head of Cenepred, engineer Miguel Yamasaki Koizumi and the head of the National Geographic Institute, Brig. Gen. Robert Heli Valles Angulo, who highlighted the collaborative work between both institutions in favor of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in the country.
The information received by Cenepred will be made available to the three levels of government and to the general public through the Information System for Disaster Risk Management (Sigrid), with the aim of reducing the gap in access to information, allowing the authorities to make strategic decisions for the protection of the population. especially in the conduct of studies such as Risk Assessments (EVAR); for the prioritization, planning and implementation of disaster risk reduction measures.
It should be noted that within the framework of Supreme Decree No. 199-2023-EF, the transfer of items in the Public Sector Budget for Fiscal Year 2023 was authorized, in favor of Cenepred and IGN. The purpose of this allocation was to finance the improvement of the technological platform of the Information System for Disaster Risk Management, as well as the generation of precision geospatial information and the collection of information at a detailed scale.