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Every Fijian, regardless of where they live, will have access to life-saving early warning information when disasters strike under a USD$12.9 million (FJD $29.5m) project launched today.
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's Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, has launched the island's first national adaptation plan. The plan aligns with other key documents and adopts a systematic approach to ensure adaptation in all government decision-making. Using a whole-of-economy methodology, the plan also emphasises resilience-building across multiple sectors.
Effective resilience-building in small island developing states must begin with strengthening nations' ability to make decisions about their own future. This means supporting youth engagement, the very people who will help shape those decisions.
The Pacific Islands Development Forum has joined a long-term flagship program of the Global Island Partnership — the Island Resilience Challenge. Solutions to improve hurricane preparedness need to be integrated into community planning before the cycle of climate-induced disasters becomes an existential threat.
The 2017 World Tsunami Awareness Day marks efforts to reduce the number of affected people, relating to Target b of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The Fijian government strives to improve coordination of tsunami warnings and responses with the launching of the Fiji Tsunami Response Plan.
A new Geographical Information system (GIS) platform in Fiji will provide information to help visualise the effect of disasters. A web interface will be used before and during disasters to help authorities in mitigation and planning. The platform will assist in effectively deploying rescue teams to disaster affected areas.
Fiji's Disaster Mitigation and Prevention Committee is looking at profiling communities affected by natural disasters to mitigate situations of water cartage, reports Fiji Times. With this, it means exploring the options of water harvesting at household or community level, and developing existing local water sources...
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