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Environmental change, urbanisation, and socio-ecological resilience in the Pacific: Community narratives from Port Vila, Vanuatu

Ecosystem Services, 2019
Ecosystem services play a key role in maintaining community resilience and wellbeing; a function increasingly profiled following the publication of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
Aimée F. Komugabe-Dixson, N. D. Ville, A. Trundle, D. McEvoy   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Loss and damage funding arrangements: role of the Republic of Vanuatu in shaping global policy and practice

Frontiers in Human Dynamics
This study examines the evolving landscape of loss and damage finance within and beyond the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, highlighting the Republic of Vanuatu's significant role in shaping both global policy and national practice.
Christopher Y. Bartlett
doaj   +1 more source

Sailing Through Time: Building Pacific Maritime Resilience

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP), an ambitious initiative aimed at decarbonising maritime transport across Oceania. The study explores the cultural, historical and technological aspects of wind‐propelled shipping in the Pacific.
Christiaan De Beukelaer, John Taukäve, Maria Sahib, Eldine Glees, Aseri Driu, Joshua Lakabung, Atina Schutz, Joseph H. Genz, Shania G. Tamagyongfal, Jerolynn K. Myazoe, Alexander Mawyer, Alson Kelen, Larry Raigetal, Raffael Held, Andrew Irvin, Morgan Wairiu, Peter Nuttall, Transform Aqorau, Kyrie Lalauvaki, Aileen Sefeti, John Kautoke   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vanuatu

IMF Staff Country Reports
Vanuatu has faced a perfect storm of shocks. The national carrier, Air Vanuatu, went into liquidation in May 2024, the capital city experienced a major earthquake in December 2024, Economic Citizenship Program revenues remain at risk, and the export sector is grappling with an uncertain global environment.
Johanna Loehr, Cherise Addinsall
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Relationships between psychosocial distress and diet during pregnancy and infant birthweight in a lower-middle income country: ‘healthy mothers, healthy communities’ study in Vanuatu

Annals of Human Biology, 2018
Background: Maternal stress during pregnancy is associated with birth outcomes, including birthweight. Exposure to natural disasters during pregnancy provides a model to study these relationships.
Alysa Pomer, Giavana Buffa, Fasihah Taleo, J. Hunter Sizemore, Apisai Tokon, George Taleo, Len Tarivonda, Chim W. Chan, Akira Kaneko, Kelsey N. Dancause   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extreme weather and economic crisis in the 1430s in England, and the implications for tenurial change

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1430s were characterized by extreme weather conditions, food and fodder shortages, and high mortalities among animals and humans, although the severity of events and their consequences in England have received limited attention. The economic downturn and the depressed customary land market in this decade marked the beginning of the Great ...
Mark Bailey
wiley   +1 more source

Cocoa Pod Husk Meal as a Feed Ingredient for Livestock

Food and Energy Security
Cocoa pod husk (CPH) is a by‐product of cocoa. Whilst this by‐product is converted into animal feed in some countries, it is largely left to decompose and cause environmental issues in most South Pacific countries, including Vanuatu.
Sandy Hoffman Mael
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating Oral Health in General Health National Policy Frameworks for Older Adults: Scoping Review

Gerodontology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The global rise in population ageing challenges health systems, including oral health, which is integral to overall health and quality of life. Although the World Health Organization advocates integrated care for older adults, evidence on national models integrating oral health into broader health strategies remains limited.
Manori Dhanapriyanka, Lyndal Pritchard, Angelique Zamora, Nilesh Torwane, Helena Silveira Schuch, Diep Hong Ha, Irosha Perera, Prasanna Jayasekara, Loc Do   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vanuatu's Typical Approach of Mathematics vs the TUAM Approach of Mathematics

Southeast Asian Mathematics Education Journal, 2022
There are multiple factors contributing to the low level of mathematics in basic education in the Republic of Vanuatu. Results through the Vanuatu Standard Test of Achievement (VANSTA) in 2017 and 2019 unveiled that there were gaps in the performance of ...
Kency Obed SAWAH
doaj   +1 more source

(Ultra)high‐Pressure Metamorphism in Sedimentary Versus Basaltic Rocks: Insights From a Variscan Mélange in the South Carpathians

Journal of Metamorphic Geology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reconstructing the pressure–temperature–time (P–T–t) evolution of (ultra)high‐pressure rocks is essential for constraining subduction and collisional dynamics. Subduction zones are often investigated using basic eclogites, whereas nonbasic high‐pressure rocks remain comparatively understudied, potentially hindering a comprehensive ...
Otavio S. G. Silva, Bruno V. Ribeiro, Gavril Săbău, Fabricio Caxito, Paulo A. de Paiva‐Silva, Pierre Lanari, George Luvizotto, Mahyra Tedeschi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source