July 2, 2021
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Worldwide, 267 million people live on land less than two meters above sea level, which is most at risk from sea level rise, according to a study in Nature Communications.
June 25, 2021
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The lives of coastal dwellers and the ocean are intricately linked.
May 14, 2021
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New guidelines for coral reef restoration aiming to reduce the risk of flooding in tropical coastal communities have been set out in a new study that simulated the behavior of ocean waves travelling over and beyond a range of coral reef structures.
February 18, 2021
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In coming decades as coastal communities around the world are expected to encounter sea-level rise, the general expectation has been that people's migration toward the coast will slow or reverse in many places.
December 17, 2020
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In March 2020, Papua New Guinea went into a state of emergency to contain the spread of COVID-19.
November 27, 2020
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The Asia Pacific has seen an impressive reduction in absolute poverty within the span of a few decades, but marginal groups still remain vulnerable to the multi-scalar shocks of economic fluctuations, natural hazards and health crises. The small-scale fisheries sector, composed of fisherfolk and
August 26, 2020
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Climate change will profoundly affect how people move and where people live. Coastal communities, home to approximately 40% of the U.S. population, face the prospect of continuing sea level rise.
COVID19 Impacts on Fishing and Coastal Communities:Update #4 Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG), the largest of the Pacific island nations (population 8.9 million), has not been spared from the COVID-19 pandemic. The government declared a State of Emergency in March, closing off international borders and suspending domestic air travel. Schools were closed, non-essential workers requested to stay at home, and travel between provinces limited to cargo, medicine and security personnel.
COVID19 Impacts on Fishing and Coastal Communities:Update #3 Federated States of Micronesia
The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has had far reaching effects across the Pacific, including isolated island nations like the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), population 112,000. The national government closed international borders and state governments imposed a country-wide travel ban, which has been rewarded with no recorded cases of the virus. Knock-on effects have been reported and this survey is intended to gain rapid impressions of these effects from the urban municipalities of Kosrae (popn. 6,600) and the more remote island of Yap (popn.
COVID19 Impacts on Fishing and Coastal Communities:Update #2 - Russell Islands, Solomon Islands
The pandemic caused by the virus, COVID-19 has had wide-ranging effects on coastal and island communities throughout the South Pacific. Solomon Islands has not recorded any cases of COVID-19 but the virus and the closing of international borders have had a trickle-down effect on all aspects of life, ranging from loss of employment to the closing of schools. Staff from the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) visited nine coastal communities in the Russell Islands to determine the immediate effects of the COVID-19 situation.