Preface Morbidity and mortality from the consumption of unsafe drinking water continues to impact communities in Pacific Island Countries. Access to safe drinking water is a basic need and is one of...
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Preface Morbidity and mortality from the consumption of unsafe drinking water continues to impact communities in Pacific Island Countries. Access to safe drinking water is a basic need and is one of...
This guide responds to the emerging needs of many communities in the Pacific Islands whose members are expressing concerns about storm damage, sea-level rise, and the frequency and severity of...
On 26 April 2014, Mr. Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development, Mr. Tererei Aruee, Officer in Charge, Ministry of Line and Phoenix Islands Development, Government of Kiribati, and Mr...
Abstract: Tuvalu developed this Policy as a response to recent water crises, and to ensure together we stand ready for future challenges. The purpose of the WSP is to ensure that the people of Tuvalu...
Kim Hagen On 2 April, 2007 the Solomon Islands were hit by an 8.1 Magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami. The tsunami, in particular, wrought extensive damage amongst communities inhabiting the...
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Executive Summary Both main islands of Samoa Savai’i and Upolu need to be considered as potentially volcanic active. The most recent eruptions in historic times happened on Savai’i in 1905-1911, 1902...
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Russell Howorth, Acting Director, South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) In the aftermath of any natural event that has caused significant damage, it is important to carry out a "lessons...
The following is the text of a message sent from the SOPAC Secretariat to the Fiji National Representative to SOPAC, Bhaskar Rao, Director of Mineral Resources Department, 17th January, 2003 "...Dear...
SOPAC Preliminary Report 135 Dr G. G. Shorten, SOPAC Background On Thursday 3rd January 2002, a magnitude Mw 7.1 earthquake, the largest recorded so far in the vicinity, struck Port Vila (Figure 1)...
Summary: A Japan-US-Vanuatu-SOPAC International Team of scientists is scheduled to survey the recent Vanuatu earthquakes and tsunami mid-December. An earthquake measuring over 7 on the Richter Scale...
SUMMARY This report presents a detailed analysis of the probability for and the recurrence of tropical cyclones of varying intensity that may impact Western Samoa. The recurrence of gale to major...