On the island of Vanua Levu, in Fiji’s Northern Division, the Fiji government is taking an innovative approach to redeveloping a local township to bolster economic growth in the region. As they plan new infrastructure for the town of Seaqaqa, and consider potential risks to their investment, they have found that disaster prevention is not
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Partnerships to enhance community resilience through enhanced food security in Vanuatu Background Vanuatu is an agriculture-based economy, with 80% of the population depending entirely on subsistence agriculture for both their daily sustenance and well-being, and collectively the sector accounting for at least 20% of GDP (MALFFB, 2014). A number of partners, led by the Vanuatu
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Brokering of a public private partnership to support the development of Food Banks and savings clubs in remote communities in the Yasawa Islands, Fiji Background Fiji is ranked as the 14th most exposed country in the world to natural disasters. Remote communities in the Yasawa islands have are particularly exposed to both climate change and
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Partnerships to improve agriculture resilience in Niu Birao Village, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands Background Subsistence agriculture is the main livelihood for most of the rural households in Solomon Islands, which make up 85% percent of the population (Jansen et al., 2006). Small-scale semi-subsistence farming and fishing is the norm, with approximately 40 percent of GDP
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Piloting risk screening of public sector projects in the Nadi District, Bua, Northern Division, Fiji Background Improved access to food markets and health facilities are priorities under the risk informed Nasolo village development plan. Two pregnant women have been forced to give birth in the village during periods of flooding, putting them and their unborn
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Resource mobilisation from the Tonga Climate Change Trust Fund for implementing water security initiatives Background Lack of water is a priority issue in the district of Lulunga, in Tonga’s remote Ha’apai island group. The 17 island archipelago has a population of over 500 people within six communities, who are mostly situated in the district centre
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Working towards a resilient community, Western Division, Fiji Background In 2012, tons of rock and mud swept down the steep incline above the Tukuraki village, burying one house and a family of four as they slept inside. More than 50 percent of the village area was buried beneath the mud and debris. Villagers were requested
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Innovations are driven by risk-takers. Part of UNDP’s role in innovation is to provide the space for risk-takers to develop and test their ideas. And it turns out that sometimes these are not individuals, but entire programmes! The Pacific Risk Resilience Programme (PRRP) covers the Pacific countries of Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu, and
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