The research sought to understand the adaptive capacity of both Pacific island countries (PICs) and Australia’s disaster response to a potential increase in disasters driven by climate change. This report provides results for Vanuatu – one of four case study countries selected for deeper analysis.
Under the Pacific-Australia Climate Change Science and Adaptation Planning (PACCSAP) Programme this fact sheet was produced based on the application of cost-benefit analysis to compare the merits of different options to improve road access
Between March 12 and 14, 2015, Tropical Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu as an extremely destructive Category 5 cyclone, with estimated wind speeds of 250km/h and wind gusts that peaked at around 320km/h. This assessment provides estimates to the the damages and losses, and identifies the needs of the affected population.
Spatial dataset for reefs in Vanuatu. Source: Institute of Marine Remote Sensing (IMARS).
* Attribute details on reef type: barrier atoll-bank, barrier island, fringing island, land, non-reef, patch atoll-bank, patch island.
* Attribute details on depth: deep, land, shallow, variable.
There are not perfect data which describe the distribution and abundance of every marine habitat and species in the Pacific. And certainly not at a scale that is useful for national planning in the ocean. Bioregionalisation, or the classification of the marine environment into spatial units that host similar biota, can serve to provide spatially explicit surrogates of biodiversity for marine conservation and management. Existing marine bioregionalisations however, are at a scale that is too broad for national governments in the Pacific to use.
This is a diagram of a ideal workflow for field data to data portal to use in reporting
Map of the protected areas for Torba Province, Vanuatu with country-level summary statistics on the amount of area under protection, count for each type of protected area (terrestrial or marine), and the count of their designation.
Lecture on the fundamentals of GPS devices and systems and how to set coordinate systems.
Compiled report on the energy generated in concession areas in Vanuatu.
Snapshot of electricity production in concession areas in Vanuatu for the month of January 2014.
Monthly energy snapshot of electricity generated in concession areas in February 2014.
Monthly energy snapshot of electricity generated in concession areas in March 2014.
Monthly energy snapshot of electricity generated in concession areas in April 2014.
Monthly energy snapshot of electricity generated in concession areas in May 2014.
Monthly energy snapshot of electricity generated in concession areas in June 2014.
Monthly energy snapshot of electricity generated in concession areas in July 2014.
Monthly energy snapshot of electricity generated in concession areas in August 2014.
Monthly energy snapshot of electricity generated in concession areas in September 2014.
Monthly energy snapshot of electricity generated in concession areas in October 2014.