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SOPAC miscellaneous report 678:

This Fiji case study provides an understanding of the relationship between disasters and poverty in selected Asia Pacific regions. It offers a study method for the use of other Pacific Island countries and territories in

The key objectives of this study are to identify policy options for minimizing flood related disaster risk in the sugar belt of Fiji, and to assess the economic costs of the 2009 floods on the sugarcane farmers – sugar cane production and household

This institutional and socio-economic assessment report addresses the effects of climate change in the Pacific examined from a perspective broader than just biodiversity. The report focuses on the economic costs of climate change, climate variability and

Some of the damage caused by the floods this year could have been avoided had the sugar industry and government invested adequately in the maintaining ecosystems, particularly the drainage systems according to a IUCN/FLIS report released early this month...

Migration as an adaptive measure: Mohamed Nasheed, president of the Maldives, has spoken openly about moving all 370,000 residents to another country if, as looks likely, rising waters cover the islands, most of which are less than 1.5m above sea level...

A project of School eartchquake safety initiative (SESI):

This publication not only summarizes the good practices and lessons learned from the project countries but also highlights the task ahead to up-scale from model projects to countrywide activities

The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Project (PACC) opened its inception training with over 50 participants coming together to discuss the administration and implementation of the US 13.125 Million dollar project that spans 13 countries...

'We are at high risk and can be hit by any of the mentioned natural hazards and we live at a location that is exposed to the risk. It is like we are sitting on a time bomb and don't know when it will burst,' said Natural Disaster Management office director Joeli Cawaki...