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.
List of international environmental related agreements and conventions to which Vanuatu is obligated to.
*adopted from the Vanuatu National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2018 - 2030, pg 24*
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
this is a post disaster assessment report - cyclone Pam 2015
Vanuatu Protected Areas (PA) data from the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), downloaded August 2019. This dataset includes both tables and spatial data.
Resource contains raster files for a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and derived hillshade for Vanuatu.
The ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) Version 3 (ASTGTM) provides a global digital elevation model (DEM) of land areas on Earth at a spatial resolution of 1 arc second (approximately 30 meter horizontal posting at the equator).
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.