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This handbook focuses on Fiji's disaster management framework and disaster risk reduction strategies. It provides an overview of the country's government, geography, demographics, socio-cultural practices, and history of disasters.
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People living with disabilities were given a boost via the disaster preparedness training conducted by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Fiji in partnership with France’s Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
Fiji Times
Indigenous Fijian girl walking on flooded land in Fiji
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The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is pleased to announce international insurance broker Howden as a new addition to its long list of private sector partners helping fight climate change in the Pacific.
Howden
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This brief explores how new satellite imagery technology can help predict the impact of tropical cyclones in climate vulnerable countries such as Fiji, analyze their potential compounding effects, and improve disaster risk management.
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This study investigates the feasibility of using remote sensing data for post-disaster damage assessment.
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UNOSAT experts delivered a series of tailored training in November and December 2022 in 3 countries of the Pacific: Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji. Building upon past activities, these sessions aimed to enhance GIS capacity for Climate Resilience.
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
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This report addresses the information gap concerning the growing concentration of people and assets in low-lying urban coastal areas in Fiji and Vanuatu
Profiles of advocates working to reduce the risks faced by people living with disabilities, and to make disaster risk reduction, essential services and whole societies across the Asia-Pacific region more inclusive for people living with disabilities.

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