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UNU-EHS Risk Management Expert invited by Guatemalan Council

The National Science and Technology Council of Guatemala invited Guatemalan scientists working abroad for the CONVERCIENCIA international scientific event taking place in July 2007 in Guatemala.

Among them, Dr Juan Carlos Villagrán de León, Head of the Risk Management Section at UNU-EHS, who during the scientific sessions will talk about the subject of risk reduction and early warning management with regard to natural disasters in Guatemala. He will also refer to the importance of information for decision-making within the context of disasters and the monitoring of the emission of radon, a noble radioactive gas found at the Guatemalan Pacaya volcano.

read more about the event (in Spanish) the summary in English you can find here