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Tag: Pacific Islands

Biosecurity and Invasive Species Management in the Pacific

The Pacific Invasives Partnership (PIP) recently held its annual meeting in Brisbane, Australia to discuss opportunities to engage PIP members with Australian and New Zealand biosecurity management teams, and to emphasize how Australian expertise can be better utilized… Read More

Pacific RISA at the 2018 Pacific Climate Change Conference

This February, Pacific RISA researchers Laura Brewington, Victoria Keener, and Juno Fitzpatrick traveled to Wellington, New Zealand to attend the second Pacific Climate Change Conference. The conference, hosted by Victoria University of Wellington and SPREP, brought together a… Read More

Pacific RISA 2016-2017 Newsletter now available!

Read about Pacific RISA research and activities from 2016 and 2017 HERE. Our Phase 3 projects aim to assess the impact of predicted climate variability and change throughout Hawai‘i and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands, link and communicate mid-range projections… Read More

Save the Date! Pacific RISA at the World Conservation Congress

Come learn about natural resource management and climate change at the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress! On September 3 at 3:30pm, we’ll be hosting a Pavilion event that’s free and open to the public,… Read More

Pacific Islands Climate Outlook Forum

Pacific Islands Climate Outlook Forum focuses on strong El Niño event and regional impacts to the freshwater sector The Pacific RISA participated in the first session of the Pacific Islands Climate Outlook Forum (PICOF-1) that was held from… Read More

Information Sharing in the Pacific

Can Network Analysis Strengthen Information Sharing in the Pacific? Pacific RISA recently launched a multi-year social network analysis project to examine how climate information spreads across different sectors and countries in the Pacific Islands region. Using the December… Read More

Pacific Regional Climate Forum

Over 200 attend the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Forum The Pacific Islands Regional Climate Forum was held on December 10, 2012 at the East-West Center’s Imin International Conference Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.  The forum brought together researchers, sector… Read More

Pacific Islands Climate Forum

The Pacific Islands Climate Forum, presented by the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA), will be held on Monday, December 10, 2012, 9 am – 12 pm, at the Hawai’i Imin Conference Center on the University of Hawai’i… Read More

Perception of Environmental Risks among Pacific Islanders

EarthSky interviewed Melissa Finucane about perceptions of environmental risks among Pacific Islanders. Finucane described the importance of a partnership approach to risk management. Click here to listen to the interview.