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Fiji: Community based disaster risk management project draws upon local knowledge

Source(s): Fiji Times
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The project which began in October aims to draw upon local and traditional knowledge will run until 2013.

The Principal Disaster Management Officer, Aisea Quminakelo said the flood warning system - a main aim of the project - '...will have an automatic signal which will alert the community when the water level rises and this will signal out a longer lead time that flood will happen and enable the Ba communities to respond effectively', speaking to the Fiji Times.

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Hazards Flood
Themes Community-based DRR Traditional and Indigenous knowledges Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Country and region Fiji
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