Search the SPREP Catalogue

Advanced Search
Refine Search Results

Subject

Tags / Keywords

Language

Available Online

Subject

Tags / Keywords

Available Online

9 result(s) found.

Sort by

You searched for

  • Tags / Keywords weather
    X
  • Tags / Keywords problem defition-baseline
    X
clear
Traditional knowledge for climate resilience in the Pacific Islands
Climate Change Resilience
Available Online

Kumar, Roselyn

,

Lui, Siosinamele

,

Malsale, Philip.

,

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
Available Online

Harper, Andrew

,

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
Available Online
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
Available Online
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.
Traditional knowledge of weather and climate in the Pacific.
Climate Change Resilience
Available Online
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.
An overview of introduced predator management in inhabited landscapes
BRB
Available Online

Russell, James C.

,

Stanley, Margaret C.

2017
Predators play a critical role in ecosystems; however, when overly abundant, they can disrupt natural processes and cause extinctions of species. In particular, oceanic islands have endured many impacts of introduced mammalian predators. Whereas knowledge and management of introduced mammalian predators on islands is well advanced in natural landscapes, in inhabited landscapes, spanning rural and urban environments, comparatively less is known. We summarise key issues from the natural and social sciences in the management of introduced mammalian predators in inhabited landscapes of Aotearoa–New Zealand. We describe the shift in focus over the past few decades from management of introduced mammalian herbivores to predators in rural environments, and the growth in management of introduced mammalian predators in urban environments, both seeking to emulate conservation gains made in forested landscapes. We discuss the circumstances around companion animal management at the interface of the natural and social sciences. We summarise surveys of attitudes towards introduced mammalian predators, the role of biodiversity comanagement between Ma¯ori and Pakeha, and the importance of also considering non-biodiversity benefits from introduced predator management. We describe the rise of community predator control and large landscape projects aspiring for a ‘Predator Free New Zealand’, and how such an aspiration must be concurrent with habitat restoration. We make recommendations for further research on the basic population biology of predators in inhabited landscapes, and more long-term studies. Such studies should be integrated with examination of the motivations for predator management, as well as the biodiversity and social outcomes of such management. We conclude by remarking that introduced predator management is only one component of a robust national strategy for conservation of native biodiversity in New Zealand.
A database for traditional knowledge of weather and climate in the Pacific
Climate Change Resilience
Available Online

Chambers, Lynda E.

,

Dossis, Tom

,

Hiriasia, David H.

,

Malsale, Philip

,

Martin, David J.

,

Mitiepo, Rossy

,

Plotz, Roan D.

,

Tahera, Khadiza

,

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
Available Online

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.
What is weather? : a teaching unit for Years 3 - 6 children
Climate Change Resilience

Pacific Argo Regional Centre / SEREAD

2002
SEREAD is an educational programme linked to current teaching programmes in Pacific Island schools. SEREAD stands for Scientific Educational Resources and Experience Associated with the Deployment of Argo. The Argo Project is a series floats that move up and down vertically through the water and the information they provide is used to help understand the changes taking place in today’s climate.

www.sprep.org © 2021 - 2024. All rights reserved

Login