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The National COVID19 Advisory Team at the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) is putting together a detailed repatriation plan for the return of all Vanuatu citizens stranded overseas due to ...
Post Date: 22-May-2020
The Gender and Protection Cluster in Santo had received two containers of clothing from the Department of Customs on Tuesday this week. Most of the items donated to the Gender ...
Post Date: 14-May-2020
The national government is currently providing assistance to all its citizens stranded in different parts of the world following border lockdowns amidst COVID-19 pandemic. The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) ...
Post Date: 14-May-2020
The Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (VMGD) has received an award for excellence in disaster response at this year’s New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI) awards ceremony held in Wellington, New ...
Post Date: 18-May-2017
Paramount Chief Maseiman of Pango, South Efate, and his community took the initiative to launch a Tsunami Siren, Tsunami Information Boards and Tsunami Evacuation Signs located in their village on ...
Post Date: 18-May-2017
Last year and this year saw the installation of tsunami warning systems around Port Vila and Luganville. These activities were possible through the Japan-funded project MDRR (Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction) ...
Post Date: 30-Mar-2017
This week, the Ministry of Agriculture and SHEFA province are holding El Nino drought preparation workshops for over 100 community representatives from each village on the islands of Nguna, Pele ...
Post Date: 17-Feb-2016
Vanuatu is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change and disaster risks. The island nationexperiences cyclones, storm surges, landslides, flooding and droughts, which may ...
Post Date: 30-Oct-2015
Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change Communications Officer The PEBACC CO position exists to: Develop and disseminate communications products to promote ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in the Pacific Island Region as ...
Post Date: 09-Sep-2015
Occupy Vanuatu! Vegetable Market Climate Protest Against New Global Coal   18 August 2015   Today in Port Vila over 200 people, including youth and secondary school students, ...
Post Date: 19-Aug-2015
  REPUBLIC OF VANUATU   VANUATU METEOROLOGY AND GEO-HAZARDS DEPARTMENT   ...
Post Date: 24-Mar-2015
                            Increasing Resilience to Climate Change ...
Post Date: 17-Mar-2014
Participants from the different Government Ministries, electricity utility companies, private sectors, solar retailers and Non-government Organisations have benefited from a national capacity building workshop on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) ...
Post Date: 12-Jun-2013
Abstract:      Understanding the challenge that climate change poses and crafting appropriate adaptation and mitigation mechanisms requires input from the breadth of the natural and social sciences. Anthropology's in-depth ...
Post Date: 12-Jun-2013
Bonn, April 29, 2013. Inaugurating its first negotiation session, as the new chair of the group of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Mr. Prakash Mathema from Nepal, urges Parties to ...
Post Date: 30-Apr-2013
  Position Description Live & Learn Environmental Education Project Officer   Job Title: Project Officer (REDD+ project) ...
Post Date: 21-Jan-2013
Toward Resilience A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Toward Resilience: A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation is an introductory resource ...
Post Date: 21-Jan-2013
OL 341 From the Ground Up for Adaptation Designing Community-Centered Projects with Sustainable Solutions Enrollment extended until Jan. 18January 15, 2013 - March 11, 2013: 8 ...
Post Date: 18-Jan-2013
  Position Description Live & Learn Environmental Education Project Officer   Job Title: Project Officer (REDD+ project) ...
Post Date: 10-Jan-2013
Reminder! Reef Resilience Webinar:  Ridge to Reef Management: Watershed Management for Coral Reef Health 'RIDGE-TO-REEF' is a holistic conservation and management approach ...
Post Date: 10-Jan-2013
Rising emissions may double sweet potato size Zoraida Portillo   26 December 2012 | EN | ES ...
Post Date: 08-Jan-2013
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Post Date: 08-Jan-2013
  Lessons from a ‘Gender’ COP Mary Robinson, President Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate ...
Post Date: 06-Jan-2013
Welcome to the final CertLink Update for 2012!   ...
Post Date: 21-Dec-2012
December 2012: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released a new interface for FAOSTAT, providing a new easy platform for food and agriculture statistics. FAOSTAT ...
Post Date: 14-Dec-2012