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Traditional knowledge for climate resilience in the Pacific Islands
Climate Change Resilience
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Kumar, Roselyn

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Lui, Siosinamele

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Malsale, Philip.

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Nunn, Patrick D.

2024
Pacific Islands, many relatively remote and small, have been occupied by people for more than 3000 years during which time they experienced climate-driven environmental changes (both slow and rapid onset) that challenged human survival and led to the evolution of place-based coping strategies expressed through traditional knowledge (TK). In today's globalized Pacific Islands region, into which western worldviews and global adaptation strategies have made significant inroads, most plans for coping with climate-changed futures are founded in science-based understandings of the world that undervalue and sideline TK. Many such plans have proved difficult to implement as a consequence. This paper reviews the nature of extant Pacific TK for coping with climate change, something that includes TK for anticipating climate change (including climate variability and climate extremes) as well as ancillary TK associated with food and water security, traditional ecological knowledge, environmental conservation, and settlement and house construction that represent coping strategies.
Weather Radar Systems for the Climate Information Services for Resilient Development in Vanuatu - Cost Benefit Analysis
SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience
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Harper, Andrew

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Holland, Paula

2020
This document details a cost benefit analysis of investing in a new weather radar for Vanuau, under the project Climate Information Services for Resilient Development in Vanuatu. Weather radar are primarily designed to detect and map areas of precipitation, measures their intensity and motion, and their type.
Resilience in a Riskier World: Managing Systemic Risks from Biological and other Natural Hazards - Asia-Pacific Disaster report 2021
Climate Change Resilience, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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2021
Million of people around the Asia-Pacific region remain exposed to a higher frequency and intensity of natural hazards from locust swarms and earthquakes to cyclone and other exceptional events.
Weather and climate extremes
Climate Change Resilience
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2021
A summary of key findings form the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel of Climate change (IPCC's) 6th assessment report (AR5) on the physical science basis. Extreme rainfall, storm surges and heat stress would all become more frequent, more intense and appear in new locations across the Pacific with further warming. Tropical cyclones will become more intense, whilst their frequency may generally decrease.
On the verge of a biological crisis: the state of invasive species in the Pacific
Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB
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Cas Vanderwoude

2014
A report prepared by the Invasive Partnership for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, Palau July 2014 as requested by the Micronesian Chief Executives in Resolution 19-01
Traditional knowledge of weather and climate in the Pacific.
Climate Change Resilience
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2019
Increasing Community Resilience to Climate Extremes and Natural Disasters. By closely observing their local environment, communities in the Pacific have developed skills that enable them to build coping strategies for extreme weather and climate events. They are able to make their own predictions for weather and climate variables based on traditional knowledge that has evolved through observation and experience over a considerable period of time.
The status of weed biological control in Vanuatu
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Bule, Sylverio

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Day, Michael D.

2016
Biological control of weeds in Vanuatu began in 1935, with the introduction of the tinged Teleonemia scrupulosa to control Lantana camara. To date, nine biological control agents have been intentionally introduced to control eight weed species. Seven of these agents have established on their respective hosts while an eighth, Zygogramma bicolorata, an agent for Parthenium hysterophorus has only recently been released and establishment is unlikely.
Potential impact of climate change on the distribution of six invasive alien plants in Nepal.
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Shrestha Uttam Babu

The biological invasions have been increasing at multiple spatial scales and the management of invasive alien species is becoming more challenging due to confounding effects of climate change on the distribution of those species. Identification of climatically suitable areas for invasive alien species and their range under future climate change scenarios areessentialfor long-term management planningofthesespecies. Using occurrence data of six of the most problematic invasive alien plants (IAPs) of Nepal (Ageratum houstonianum Mill., Chromolaenaodorata (L.) R.M. King & H. Rob., Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit., Lantana camara L., Mikania micrantha Kunth, and Parthenium hysterophorus L.), we have predicted their climatically suitable areas across the country under the current and two future climate change scenarios (RCP 4.5 scenarios for 2050 and 2070). We have developed an ensemble of eight different species distribution modelling approaches to predict the location of climatically suitable areas. Under the current climatic condition, P. hysterophorus had the highest suitable area (18% of the total country’s area) while it was the lowest for M. micrantha (12%). A predicted increase in the currently suitable areas ranges from 3% (M. micrantha) to 70% (A. houstonianum) with the mean value for all six species being 29% under the future climate change scenario for 2050. For four species (A. houstonianum, C. odorata, H.suaveolens and L. camara), additional areas at elevations higher than the current distribution will provide suitable habitat under the projected future climate. In conclusion, all six IAPs assessed are likely to invade additional areas in future due to climate change and these scenarios need to be considered while planning for IAPs management as well as climate change adaptation.
A database for traditional knowledge of weather and climate in the Pacific
Climate Change Resilience
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Chambers, Lynda E.

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Dossis, Tom

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Hiriasia, David H.

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Malsale, Philip

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Martin, David J.

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Mitiepo, Rossy

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Plotz, Roan D.

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Tahera, Khadiza

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Tofaeono, Tile I.

2017
Growinginterestintraditionalknowledge(TK),particularlyinrelationtothepredictionofweatherorclimate extremes, raises issues concerning the appropriate storage and management of the information collected. The Traditional Knowledge Database (TK Database) for the storage and use of TK associated with weather and climate prediction in the Paci c was designed with the following principles in mind: (1) preservation of the knowledge, maintaining cultural context wherever possible; (2) respect for intellectual property and cultural sensitivities around data sharing and use; (3) appropriate system design, accounting for ongoing costs of system maintenance and often intermittent Internet access; and (4) moving beyond data preservation to ensure continued use and growth of the TK. The TK Database was successfully deployed to four countries in the south Paci c and is regularly used by their national meteorological services, and partner organizations, both to preserve TK related to weather and climate and as a tool to assist in monitoring the TK indicators. As the rst database of its kind, the TK Database lls a critical gap in the appropriate storage and application of TK and provides an important foundation for future developments.
Pacific Islands Meteorological Strategy 2012-2021: Sustaining weather and climate services in Pacific Island countries and Territories.
SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

2012
National Meteorological Services (NMSs) underpin economic growth and sustainable development in the Pacific Islands region. The weather and climate services provided by NMSs significantly contribute to the safety and well-being of Pacific people and communities and support key economic areas including agriculture, aviation, forestry, fishing, water resources, energy industries, transportation and tourism. In addition, these services are crucial to enhancing resilience to and reducing vulnerability from natural hazards and the effects of climate variability and climate change.

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