National Week of Agriculture opens on Malekula
Farmers, foresters, and fishermen from across the country, the government, and stakeholders are convening on Malekula for the third National Week of Agriculture (NWA), which opened yesterday.
An inception meeting on the Management and Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems (MACBLUE) project
Port Vila, Vanuatu: An inception meeting on the Management and Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems (MACBLUE) project took place earlier last week with Vanuatu government and civil society representatives at the Melanesian Hotel in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
On the frontlines of climate change: Financing the largest community-based adaptation project in Vanuatu
‘We women depend on fishing along the coastline to provide fish for our families but most of our catch now are much smaller than the ones we caught here the past years,’ says Jennie Jenery, a villager from Efate Island in Vanuatu.
Director analysing resilient agriculture systems at COP27
80% of Vanuatu’s population depends entirely on agriculture for daily subsistence and well-being. The sector needs to be resilient to keep meeting people’s needs.
CCDRR Policy will build Vanuatu’s resilience: Bule
The Caretaker Minister of Climate Change, Silas Bule, said the newly launched Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policy (CCDRR) will build Vanuatu’s resilience and support the sustainable development of the community, environment and economy.
Save The Children Launches Climate Adaptation Project with Selected Ambae Communities
The Building Resilience and Enhancing Adaptive Capacity in Vanuatu (BRAVE) project was recently kicked off with orientation meetings with the leaders of Penama Provincial Government, 3 Area Councils and their 19 selected communities throughout North – East, South – East and
Vanuatu Community-based Climate Resilience Project design finalized
A full-day validation workshop was organized at the Melanesian Hotel on Wednesday 10th March, 2021 by Save the Children and Vanuatu Government, to finalize the project design for Vanuatu Community-based Climate Resilience Project (VCCRP) – a community-based adaptation program implemented by Gover
Vanuatu commences workshop on quantifiable adaptation for Water and Agriculture sectors
The Ministry of Climate Change in Vanuatu held a two-day workshop from 22 to 23 October this week to gather inputs from stakeholders towards the development of the national quantifiable adaptation targets and indicators for its water and agriculture sectors.
Departments of Climate Change and Forestry enter partnership through an MOU
The Department of Climate Change (DOCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Department of Forestry (DoF) as part of its ongoing partnership program as well as to strengthen relationship in promoting climate change mitigation programs in forestry sector.
Opportunity for Pacific Agro-SMEs to Grow their Business: Innovation Grant Facility (IGF) - Call for applications
The Innovation Grant Facility (IGF) provides funding to agro-based small & medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in seven Pacific Island States; Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu to access knowledge, technologies or expertise and build staff capacity to imp