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'Pacific Island countries have a very young generation, having more than 50 per cent within the youth age range. On average, climate change is having very negative impacts on the daily life of people in the region, more than anywhere in the world. Children are most affected, with regards to their education, health, livelihood and growth," stated Suresh Pokharel of Plan International...
'In Fiji, the collaborative work of the Nadi Basin Catchment Committee is enabling practical solutions to reduce the human impacts of flooding,' said Pacific Community DG, Dr Rodgers. 'This pioneering work demonstrates what can be achieved when communities, agencies and the private sector come together to face a problem that is not solvable through the efforts of individuals'...
The United Nations Development Programme will give Fiji $5million to help the country's poverty alleviation, gender empowerment, environmental sustainability and disaster risk reduction management, reports The Fiji Times...
'Disaster response alone is not sufficient as it yields only temporary results at a very high cost. Prevention and mitigation contribute to lasting improvement in safety and are essential to integrated disaster management' asserts Pardeep C Lal, nodding to a shift in early recovery to focus on longer term recovery and reconstruction...
'We are targeting the involvement of ministers of government, civil society, non-government organisations, local/municipal government, community leaders, private sector, scientific community, donors and other stakeholders,' said Mosese Sikivou, the Deputy Director of the Disaster Reduction Programme at the Secretariat of the South Pacific Community...
The government's commitment to disaster risk reduction has been evident with new approaches in addressing disaster issues including climate change - including an assertion that it is important to work with the grassroots community, reports the Fiji Times...
'Disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies though advocated nationally, lack the funding and are not effectively linked to or integrated with Fiji's rural development administrative machinery,' said Tui Macuata Ratu Aisea Katonivere, the paramount chief of the province of Macuata...
'It was vital that disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation measures be jointly utilised to address food security issues and challenges to agriculture and forestry in the Pacific'...
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