18 July 2023, Apia Samoa - The negative impacts of climate change-induced Loss and Damage is already a lived reality for many Pacific countries. In Fiji, the impact is grim. In Vunidogola village on...
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Using Nature-Based Solutions In Response To Climate Change Impact In The Pacific
11 July 2023, Nadi, Fiji. As the Blue Pacific continues its fight against the mounting impacts of climate change, cost-effective and innovative solutions are needed. Our Pacific people have turned to...
Training Manual - Psychological First Aid for Field Workers in Fiji
INTRODUCTION The first recorded use of Psychological First Aid in Fiji was in 2012, post TC Evans. TC Evan was a category 3 severe tropical cyclone, that impacted Fiji, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa,...
Coastal flood forecasts become operational in Fiji
Coastal flood forecasts become operational in Fiji; strengthened Pacific Island awareness of coastal floods An operational system has been developed and implemented for the Fiji Islands to produce...
Good intentions, unintended consequences: how to help when disasters strike the Pacific
“Heavy winter clothing arrived. We don’t have winter here! These things just aren’t needed.” The issue is a longstanding phenomenon in the humanitarian world: after a disaster containers of...
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Food Security in Vulnerable Islands - A Regional Food Security Atlas of the Pacific, May 2018
The Regional Food Security Atlas of the Pacific is a joint publication by the Pacific Community (SPC) and the World Food Programme(WFP). The 2018 Atlas provides a spatial overview of the core issues...
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Supporting Road Network Vulnerability Assessments in Pacific Island Countries
This article highlights the process and lessons learned from the Vulnerability Assessment and Climate Resilient Road Strategy of the Samoan road network, and outlines a replicable approach for small...
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The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security 2017
The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2015 showed that a staggering 22 percent of total damage and loss from natural disasters in developing countries was absorbed by the...
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Nowhere to Hide from Climate Change
By Pascal Laureyn This article is part of a series about the activists and communities of the Pacific and small island states who are responding to the effects of climate change. Leaders from climate...
Tukuraki Village relocates to new site, post land-slide disaster
After more than 5 years of living in temporary housing, the community of Tukuraki in the highlands of Fiji are today celebrating as they move into their newly built, disaster resilient village. The...
Upgrading Apia’s main road, a path to climate-proofing Samoa’s future
Driving from the airport into the city of Apia, the capital of Samoa, is a great introduction to the country. Villages line the road with gardens filled with colorful flowers and palm trees. Hugging...
After a cyclone, a stronger home and future: How Samoa is building and preparing for natural disasters
But Sitiseni and her family now live in a cyclone-resistant house which has been specifically designed and engineered to withstand cyclonic winds, earthquakes and periodic surface flooding. It has...
Tukuraki village relocation
The village of Tukuraki in Yakete, Ba is based precariously under a steep mountain which means its risk of being hit by natural disasters is a reality for its community. In January 2012, a landslide...
Rising as resilient and sustainable farmers with efforts and opportunities
Looking over the farm, which she recently cleared after harvests of eggplants, tomatoes, cucumbers, corns, and other vegetables several times this year, Faimun Nisha reflected how she and her group...
Making a resilient airport
By Andy McElroy NADI, Fiji, 9 September 2015 – When floods closed Fiji’s main international airport for the only time in its history, economic shockwaves rippled through the tourism-dependent...
Stories of Impact: Resilient Recovery in Samoa after Cyclone Evan
RESULTS & ACHIEVEMENTS • Based on the damage impact assessment findings, the government prepared a robust recovery and reconstruction framework that was endorsed by the cabinet in March 2013. • The...
Country Note: Samoa - Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (February 2015)
Executive Summary In 2012 Tropical Cyclone (TC) Evan offered a distressing reminder of Samoa’s exposure to natural hazards. TC Evan came only three years after the earthquake and tsunami of 2009,...
Country Note: Fiji - Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (February 2015)
Executive Summary This note aims to build understanding of the existing disaster risk financing and insurance (DRFI) tools in use in Fiji and to identify gaps where potential engagement could further...
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Shelter Projects 2013 - 2014
FOREWORD Shelter Projects 2013-2014 is the fifth edition in the series which began in 2008. This book adds 27 new shelter case studies and overviews, bringing the total number of project articles to...
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Meeting Report: 7th Pacific Humanitarian Team Regional Meeting
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The 7 th PHT Regional Meeting was held at the Holiday Inn Suva in Fiji from 28 to 30 October 2014. The meeting has been held annually since 2008 to strengthen preparedness and...