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- 5th to 9th August 2014 : Forestry Annual General Staff Meeting – Depends entirely on finances
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Good afternoon Program Quality Networkers,
I hope you’re all staying dry in this wet weather.
Our next Program Quality Network meeting will be on Thursday 20th March from 9.30am to 12pm, followed by lunch at Oxfam’s office in Namabtri.
We will be having an interesting discussion on “Useable and used Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) frameworks – what works and what can we do better?”, facilitated by Rebecca Iaken (Vanuatu Meteo and Geohazards Department), Nicole Deen (Save the Children) and myself. Please do join the conversation to explore what works and what doesn’t work in Vanautu, what our collective experiences in the PQN have been in developing MEL Frameworks and what would make our frameworks more usable and useful?
I have also attached our notes from the last meeting held at the end of November which provide a schedule for future meetings and organizing groups.
Please do RSVP if you are coming to our next week’s meeting for catering purposes. We hope you can make it.
Thanks and best regards,
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Training on application of VMGD seasonal forecast products to the coastal and marine management sector. For more information contact malsale@meteo.gov.vu or Christopher.Bartlett@giz.de
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Workshop to Develop a National Environmental Management Strategies (NEMS) based on the existing Vanuatu National Environment Policy
NEMS began in April 1991 and concluded in April 1994. NEMS programmes addressed basic environmental issues for the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Samoa. Strategies for Nauru, Palau and Tokelau are in their final stages of preparation. Tonga already had an Environmental Plan, and similar projects were undertaken in recent years in Fiji, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea with bilateral funding. The NEMS state each country's environmental principles, and a detailed plan for realizing their long-term environmental goals. These strategies were coordinated in-country by a task force, comprising senior representatives from government departments, NGOs and the private sector. Each country developed then its own strategies, unique to its own economic, physical, cultural and social situation. The existing knowledge on the environment has been summarized in State of Environment Reports, which outline major environmental issues for key sectors in each country, such as forestry, fisheries, agriculture, tourism and conservation. Such reports have been produced for the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Samoa. Implementing the NEMS will involve relevant Environment Departments or Sections working closely with other governments' departments, NGOs, community groups and the private sector.
View the existing draft Vanuatu NEP here: http://www.nab.vu/national-environment-policy-draft
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During IFAD’s more than 35 years of existence, gender equality and women’s
empowerment have gained increasing importance, both as objectives and as instruments
for poverty reduction. IFAD has long recognized that as primary collectors of fuel and
water in most developing countries, women are on the front line of climate change
impact (IFAD 2010a). Experience has shown that “women are central to permanently
improving the lives of their families and communities, and therefore must play a pivotal
role in community-based adaptation initiatives” (CARE 2009). Yet in the countries most
reliant on rainfed agriculture and natural resources, poor rural women, who have fewer
assets and less decision-making power than men, are even more exposed.
Over the past few years, IFAD has paid close attention to both climate change
dimensions and closing the gender gap, and in some cases, through cooperation with
the Global Environment Facility (GEF). In 2012, IFAD launched an innovative
Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP). The ASAP has put gender
equality and women’s empowerment at its heart, not only because it is the ‘right thing
to do’, but also because it means greater resilience for the whole community. The
ASAP approach is underpinned by IFAD’s Gender Equality and Women’s
Empowerment Policy (2012), which prioritizes equal economic empowerment, equal
voice and access to decision-making, and equal workloads for women and men.
Women’s increased equality can contribute to improving relationships between men
and women in the household.
This publication illustrates IFAD’s experience in closing the gender gap and
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In many Pacific island countries, meeting non-food basic needs is a growing challenge and further complicated by substantial economic and environmental risks. Hardship and vulnerability are increasingly prominent concerns in Pacific island countries, but the knowledge base to guide policymaking is limited. Family and community networks are central to life in most Pacific island countries, providing critical support to members in need and acting as safety nets when individuals or households experience losses from shocks. The primary objective of this report is to present solid empirical evidence of hardship, vulnerability to shocks, and risk management in the Pacific region. The report is primarily a stocktaking exercise that brings together existing evidence and new analysis of available data using a consistent framework. The report takes a "micro" perspective that of the individual and household but accounts for the important role of communities, the state, and international partners. This report focuses on risks, but accounts for the role of opportunities when possible. While remaining supportive of viable economic growth sectors, given the limited means of most Pacific governments, expenditure should be carefully focused on investments with high expected economic returns and relatively low risks. Development partners can play a role in financing these investments and in sharing experiences on what works from other parts of the world.
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The largest earthquake recorded to date in the vicinity of Port Vila occurred on 2
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January 2002 at 17:22 universal
time. The shock measured Ms 7.3 and was initially located 50 km west of Efate at a depth of 21 km. A tsunami
generated by the event struck Port Vila Harbour about 15 minutes later.
SOPAC and IRD teams intervened in the week following the earthquake to assist the Department of Geology, Mines &
Water Resources of Vanuatu (DGMWR) to study and assess the effects of the earthquake. The combined team ensured
the smooth running of the seismic network of Port Vila to record the seismic crisis, investigated the earthquake
intensity distribution on the island, evaluated the damage caused by the earthquake and investigated the changes of
relative sea level during the earthquake and tsunami.
As a result of the more accurate determinations from the 16 stations of the IRD networks in Vanuatu and New Caledonia,
the Port Vila earthquake was later relocated to 45 km west of Port Vila at a depth of 18 km. The earthquake was caused
by a slip on a fault of about 20 x 40 km resulting in an elastic vertical displacement of several centimetres of subsid-
ence of the western coast of Efate.
The intensity distribution according to the Modified Mercalli scale varied across the island, ranging from a maximum
of MM 10 in the west to MM 6 in the east. However, the averaged value of intensity by district in the rural areas of Efate
generally ranged from MM 7.5 in the west to MM 6 in the east. The highest intensity from the earthquake, MM 10, was
felt in Port Vila, but averaged values by district in the city area ranged from MM 8.5 to 6.5.
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Vanuatu is identified as one of the most disaster prone countries in the Pacific region. Comprising a national population of 250,000; the country regularly experience natural disasters like flooding, volcanic eruptions, landslides, cyclones, sea level rise, fire and disease outbreaks. The archipelago has 80 inhabited Islands with different degrees of susceptibility and capacity to respond to these natural disasters and impacts of climate-change. At present the country has no quantitative data to qualify the magnitude of susceptibility and capacity to respond to these natural disasters and effects of climate-change. The project selected 12 communities most susceptible to climate-change and natural disasters and quantifies their degree of susceptibility and capacity to respond to them. Component 3.1 of the project considers the capacity of 6 vulnerable communities to produce food under the following scenarios; flood, rising sea level, cyclone, volcanic eruption, drought (shortage of water) and tsunami
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Havannah Harbour tourism stakeholders, the Nothwest Efate Area Council and local communities are joining hands to run an
innovative campaign to minimize the effects of waste and climate change on the local tourism industry.
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Lucy Kapp [lkapp@vanuatu.gov.vu]
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Monday, March 10, 2014 4:36 PM
Good afternoon team,
Hope this email finds everyone in good health.
We will be having another core team meeting for the climate, waste and tourism (CWT) campaign at 9am, Thursday 13 Feb at the Department of Trades conference room, Ministry of Tourism and Trade. The meeting will be an update on what has been happening so far with the campaign and the next steps we will be taking in the campaign.
Find attached a completed draft script that has been put together for the campaign DVD. Please do go through this script.
Thank you and lukim yufala.
Kind regards,
Lucy.
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For more information, contact csewere@meteo.gov.vu
Dear Directors/Members of the NAB,
Please find attached an invitation for a LiDAR Awareness session on Monday 10th March 2-4pm.
Please send an alternate should you have prior engagements.
Regards,
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Joint training organized by the Department of Industry and SPC-GIZ for the women of Nguna Island. Manual on solar drying can be downloaded here: http://www.nab.vu/projects/coping-climate-change-pacific-island-region-s...
For more information, contact :
Christine Kapalu
IDO – Shefa Province
Department of Industry
PMB 9107
Port Vila, Vanuatu
Phone: (678)23606 / 23605
Voip: 4015
Website: www.doi.gov.vu
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Come to celebrate the launch of the Vanuatu Forest Department new website. For more information, contact Presley Dovo; dovopres@gmail.com
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