Saving coastal fisheries in the Pacific: food, livelihoods and community security

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Joeli Veitayako - 1 Apr 2021

Saving coastal fisheries in the Pacific: food, livelihoods and community security

Joeli Veitayaki Fisheries in the Pacific are at risk, and require a unified regional response in order to be preserved for future generations, Joeli Veitayaki writes. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of healthy coastal fisheries for the cultural, social, and economic wellbeing of Pacific Islanders. Protecting coastal fisheries is critical for the security…

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COVID-19 – the Pacific response: 25 March

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Hugh McClure - 25 Mar 2021

COVID-19 – the Pacific response: 25 March

COVID-19 is running rampant through Papua New Guinea, whilst the vaccine rollout has begun in earnest through much of the Pacific, Hugh McClure writes.

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Building disaster resilience in Fiji

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Kalei Dugu - 23 Mar 2021

Building disaster resilience in Fiji

With the world’s attention focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, Fiji has had to look within to build disaster resilience, writes Kalei Billings-Dugu with Hugh McClure.

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COVID-19 Pandemic in the Pacific Islands Region – First Anniversary

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Meg Keen - 18 Mar 2021

COVID-19 Pandemic in the Pacific Islands Region – First Anniversary

One year on from the first case in the Pacific, there have been successes and setbacks, but to stop the spread of COVID-19 the region doesn’t just need vaccines – it needs support for public education and services for health security now and in the future, Meg Keen and Hugh McClure write.

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PNG COVID19 Surge – The Numbers Don’t Tell the Full Story

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Henry Ivarature - 16 Mar 2021

PNG COVID19 Surge – The Numbers Don’t Tell the Full Story

“We’re going to see more deaths in the very near future. We should all do our very best to slow it [transmission] as much as possible, because if the number of new infections is such that there are too many sick people for our health system to cope with, the health system will collapse. It will literally collapse.”

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COVID-19 – the Pacific response: 11 March

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Hugh McClure - 11 Mar 2021

COVID-19 – the Pacific response: 11 March

Papua New Guinea is experiencing a large-scale resurgence of COVID-19 infections, whilst Fiji has received the region’s first vaccines through the COVAX scheme, Hugh McClure writes.

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