Search Results - "Vanuatu"
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Health Impacts of Climate Change in Vanuatu: An Assessment and Adaptation Action Plan
Published 2013“…A Health Impact Assessment (HIA) framework was used as a basis for the consideration of the potential health impacts of changes in the climate on the population of Vanuatu, to assess the risks and propose a range of potential adaptive responses appropriate for Vanuatu. …”
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Morphological variation, an expanded description and ethnobotanical evaluation of Cycas seemannii A. Braun (Cycadaceae)
Published 2009“…This study investigates morphological variability and ethnobotanical uses throughout the entire range (Torres Strait Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga) of the species. …”
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Turning up the volume: a study of the Wan Smolbag Theatre Company
Published 2007“…Research with a highly successful development theatre company „Wan Smolbag‟, based in Vanuatu in the South Pacific, was conducted to establish why they have remained effective and successful for almost two decades. …”
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Acanthurus nigros günther, a valid species of surgeonfish, distinct from the Hawaiian A. nigroris Valenciennes
Published 2011“…Acanthurus nigros GÄnther, type locality Vanuatu, is available for the sister species from the Pitcairn Islands west to the Great Barrier Reef and Caroline Islands. …”
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Comparisons of Health Expenditure in the Pacific Island Countries using National Health Accounts
Published 2010“…In this paper we report same of the findings from the NHA exercises in FSM, Fiji and Vanuatu. The development of these NHA country re parts have allowed these countries to better understand the flow of financial resources from financing agents, to health providers, and to health functions. …”
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Aid And Growth : Empirical Evidence From Pacific Island Countries
Published 2011“…This paper seeks to examine the effectiveness of external aid by undertaking a panel data study covering five countries in the South Pacific, namely Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu utilizing the annual data over a twenty-five year period.…”
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The stability of tide gauges in the South Pacific determined from multi-epoch geodetic levelling, 1992 to 2010
Published 2013“…In Tonga and Cook Islands, the tide gauges were found to be disturbed or affected by survey errors whereas the Vanuatu results were affected by earthquakes.…”
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Rise in Oil Price and Economic Growth in Pacific Island An Empirical Study
Published 2008“…This paper applies panel analysis procedures to five major PICs, namely Fiji, Samoa, Solomon islands, Tonga and Vanuatu with a view to assessing the impact of oil price on economic growth. …”
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DNA barcoding in Nautilus pompilius (Mollusca:Cephalopoda): Evolutionary divergence of an ancient species in modern times
Published 2012“…Maximum likelihood revealed three distinct clades for N. pompilius: (1) populations sourced from west Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines; (2) populations collected from east Australia and Papua New Guinea; (3) western Pacific accessions from Vanuatu, American Samoa and Fiji, supporting previous findings on the evolutionary divergence of N. pompilius. …”
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A Health Impact Assessment Framework for Assessing Vulnerability and Adaptation Planning for Climate Change
Published 2014“…The framework has been tested in a number of locations including Western Australia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Nauru.…”
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Signal Grass (Brachiaria decumbens) Toxicity in Grazing Ruminants
Published 2015“…Signal grass (Brachiaria decumbens) is a highly productive tropical grass that is widespread through South America, Australia, Indonesia, Vanuatu and Malaysia due to its adaptation to a wide range of soil types and environments. …”
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Evidence of fisher effect in South East Asian and Pacific Region
Published 2013“…A total of 10 developing countries are selected which are Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Island, Thailand, Vanuatu, Tonga, Fiji, Vietnam and Indonesia. Quarterly data is used that start as early as 1990: 1 because this is the start of financial liberalization in most developing countries. …”
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Oil Price and Economic Growth in Small Pacific Island Countries
Published 2011“…This paper applies the recently developed panel analysis proce-dures to five major PICs, namely Fiji, Samoa, Solomon islands, Tonga and Vanuatu with a view to assess the impact of oil price on economic growth. …”
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Political economy, poverty, and polycentrism in the global environment facility’s Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) for climate change adaptation
Published 2017“…Based on extensive field research, we find the four processes at work simultaneously in our case studies of five LDCF projects being implemented in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, the Maldives and Vanuatu. The article concludes with a discussion of the broader implications of the political economy of adaptation for analysts, program managers and climate researchers at large. …”
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A new bipolar ice core record of volcanism from WAIS divide and NEEM and implications for climate forcing of the last 2000 years
Published 2013“…The high dating accuracy allowed placing the large bi-hemispheric deposition event ascribed to the eruption of Kuwae in Vanuatu (previously thought to be 1452/1453 C.E. and used as a tie-point in ice core dating) into the year 1458/1459 C.E. …”
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Health Impacts of Climate Change in Pacific Island Countries: A Regional Assessment of Vulnerabilities and Adaptation Priorities.
Published 2016“…BACKGROUND: Between 2010 and 2012, the World Health Organization Division of Pacific Technical Support led a regional climate change and health vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning project, in collaboration with health sector partners, in 13 Pacific island countries-Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the vulnerabilities of Pacific island countries to the health impacts of climate change and planned adaptation strategies to minimize such threats to health. …”
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Physicochemical, microbiological and biological properties of fermented kepayang (Pangium edule Reinw.) seeds
Published 2020“…Kepayang (Pangium edule Reinw.) is one of the indigenous fruits in Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and the Philippines. This P. edule Reinw. seeds can be developed as a functional food through fermentation. …”
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