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Papua New Guinea
Outcomes of the Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting 2012
Barry Coates, Executive Director of Oxfam New Zealand has been attending the Forum meetings in Rarotonga. He commented…
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Owning adaptation in the Pacific
Funding donors and Pacific governments are urged to work with civil society to ensure climate change funding reaches the most vulnerable.
Pacific Islands Forum: Will leaders face the challenges?
After a year of New Zealand’s role as Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, the Cook Islands is about to pick up the baton for the next year. The region faces formidable challenges ahead and the Pacific’s regional institutions even more so. The forthcoming Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting will be a crucial test of whether regionalism, government leadership and the Pacific institutions can step up to meet these challenges.
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Eco forestry in the Highlands
In Papua New Guinea more than 40 per cent of people live on less than just $3 a day. Income in the remote Highlands is often even lower.
Flour power: Increasing yields from cassava
Cassava is a staple crop across many parts of the world. It’s used much like a potato and admired for its versatility in cooking and as animal feed and firewood.
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