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Oceania
Fiji declares 15 day state of disaster
3 Feb 2012, UNISDR
'These types of events are likely to continue to occur. ...In the interim, improved preparedness and early warning, two important elements of disaster risk reduction, will have to remain important and urgent priorities,' notes Angelika Planitz, UNISDR’s Sub-Regional Coordinator for the Pacific...
- 4th International maar conference: a multidisciplinary congress on monogenetic volcanism 201220-24 Feb 2012, New Zealand (Auckland)
- 7th annual water symposium24 Feb 2012, Australia (Sydney)
- Emergency management summer institute12-16 Mar 2012, New Zealand (Wellington)
- Official Statements & Presentations
- The APEC Leaders' growth strategy2010, APEC
- Forty-first Pacific Islands forum communiqué2010, Pacific Islands Forum Sec
General Facts
- Population: 31.8 million (2005)
- Density: 4 per sq km
- Total Area: 8564 sq km (X 1,000)
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
*: reported
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2011Jan 2012, Munich Re
Fire in Asia Pacific: 1997-2010Jan 2011, OCHA-ROAP
- BBC interviews Margareta Wahlström on disaster reduction2011, BBC
- e-lecture on 'Disaster risk reduction and the structural engineer'2010, Monash University
- Consultant - Disaster risk reduction education - Technical writer, education resources & training materialVanuatu (Port Vila), Save the Children AUS
- Head of technical servicesAustralia (Melbourne, Victoria), Save the Children AUS
- Environmental specialistFiji (Suva), WHO
External Online Resources
- Adaptation Partnership: Review of existing and planned adaptation actions (by region and country)
- Desinventar: Inventory system of the effects of disasters
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- FAO and emergencies, from prevention to building back better
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- NZAID: The Pacific strategy 2007-2015: reducing vulnerability
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- WMO: severe weather information centre
- WMO: severe weather information centre: heavy rain/snow
- WMO: severe weather information centre: thunderstorms
See also
- Alliance of Small Islands States (AOSIS)
- Applied Geoscience and Technology Division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SOPAC)
- Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS)
- Office of Civil Defense and Emergency Management
- Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
- Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
- Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
- Wellington City Council