Amelia Nadau
Academic Discipline: Animal Sciences
Conservations Agriculture and Sustainable Intensifications as a Way
Forward for Disaster Risk Management in Fiji
Humans are adversely affected by disasters ever since the dawn of our existence(Klein and Weigelt, 1991). A disaster is defined by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) 2 as “A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources”.
Freimie Tina Toata
Academic Discipline: Human Resource Mgt & Public Admin
Proposal for Better Disaster Risk Management in my Country
Climate change and disaster risk management are major issues in the country of Solomon Islands. The Solomon Islands is one of the developing countries in the Pacific that experience natural disasters frequently such as flooding, cyclones, tsunami, drought, dengue fever, and so forth. There are many challenges and problems that the Solomon Islands face in regards to climate change and disaster risk management.
Keresi Tuimanono
Academic Discipline: Earth Science & Chemistry
Disaster Risk Reduction Plan for the Land Sector of Fiji
The relationship between land, ocean, atmosphere and living things such as human are interlinked that it is impossible to separate this linkage. The energy that flows within these elements is what governs life on earth; they (land, air, and ocean) are connected in many ways.
Lucy Sidal
Academic Discipline: Human Resource Mgt & Public Admin
A Proposal for Better Disaster Risk Management in Fiji
The main purpose of this proposal is to document pacific island nations like Fiji pursuing disaster risk through preparedness, mitigation, emergency response, and recovery activities.
Marissa Asen
Academic Discipline: Diplomacy & International Affairs
Incorporating Disaster Risk Management into Fiji’s Primary and Secondary School Curriculum
Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) are terms which are often used interchangeably. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) describes DRR as the anticipating and reducing of risks, while DRM is the implementation of DRR policies and strategies to prevent, reduce and manage risks, thereby strengthening resilience and reducing disaster losses.
Muhammad Uzair Akhtar
Academic Discipline: Finance & Accounting
A Proposal for Better Disaster Risk Management in Fiji
This research paper was designed to help provide a viable proposal for bettering the disaster risk management in Fiji, specifically targeting the use of disaster risk insurance to better prepare the Island of Fiji with their on-going battle against the devastating effects of natural disasters.
Rahul Ravneel Prasad
Academic Discipline: Agriculture, Education, Climate Change, International Relation/Diplomacy
Proposal for Better Disaster Risk Management in Fiji
Fiji is a Pacific island nation that is part of Melanesia, one of the three primary cultural areas that make up Oceania’s geographical region. The country is an archipelago state made up of 332 primarily volcanic islands, 110 of which are permanently inhabited. Fiji’s islands cover an area of 18,274 km2; however, the two largest islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu account for 85 percent of the total (CBD, 2018).
Ratu Mosese Vamarasi Volavola
Academic Discipline: Law & Business Commerce
A Proposal for Better Disaster Risk Management in Fiji
Natural disasters are extreme events that occur as a result of the normal processes of earth’s atmosphere and crust. Scientists believe that these natural phenomena have been around for millennia, and are a by-product of our planet’s unique atmosphere and geological composition.
Robert Johnston
Academic Discipline: Law
A Proposal for Better Disaster Risk Management in Samoa
This paper is based on opinion, personal experiences and scholarly writings to support a proposal for Better Disaster Risk Management in Samoa.