Q&A: Crisis and Climate Change Driving Unprecedented Migration
Owing to demographic drivers, countries are going to become more multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious, says William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organisation for Migration. Credit: Manipadma Jena/IPSBy Manipadma JenaNAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 6 2016 (IPS)Climate change is now adding new layers of complexity to the nexus between migration and the environment.Coastal populations are at particular risk as a global rise in temperature of between 1.1 and 3.1 degrees C would increase the mean sea level by 0.36 to 0.73 meters by 2100, adversely impacting low-lying areas with submergence, flooding, erosio...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 6, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Manipadma Jena Tags: Advancing Deserts Armed Conflicts Climate Change Development & Aid Environment Food & Agriculture Global Global Governance Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Migration & Refugees Source Type: news
Bee populations expanded during global warming after the last Ice Age
Population sizes of the Australian carpenter bee have increased dramatically during the global warming following the last Ice Age. This matches previous studies on bees in North America and Fiji, showing that bees from diverse habitats respond strongly to climate change. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 31, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
One month later: Getting critical services to pregnant women after Fiji’s Cyclone Winston
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RAKIRAKI, Fiji – One week after Cyclone Winston devastated the island nation of Fiji, Elenoa Adi, age 33, awoke at 4 a.m. to unexpected birth pangs.
It was late February, and the baby wasn’t due until April. Her husband had left their home in Rakiraki Town to travel to Baleisere Village, where they both grew up, because the couple had heard that only two or three homes in the village were left standing in Winston’s wake, and they were concerned about their parents’ well-being. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 21, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: lscott Source Type: news
Lacking basic necessities, Fiji's children 'at risk' after Cyclone Winston – UNICEF
More than a week after a devastating tropical storm ripped through Fiji, some 40 per cent of the islands' children are “at risk,” with many living without safe drinking water, power or a roof over their heads, the United Nations children's agency says. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - March 1, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Fiji: UNICEF steps up response as 'full picture' of Cyclone Winston's impact becomes clearer
As the full picture of the worst cyclone ever to hit Fiji becomes more apparent, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates that up to 120,000 children across the county may be badly affected. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 26, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Don't Take It Personally When I Tell You 'No.' I'm Using It On Everyone This Year
We live in a culture of Yes. The common self-help wisdom is that we benefit from seizing opportunities, embracing the unknown, soaring headfirst into the possibilities presented to us. And this is all well and good: yes, do try hiking in Fiji! And yes, accept a date with that handsome Italian who works at the bar you frequent, even if it might make things awkward down the line. A well-timed yes can expand our world in beautiful and unexpected ways. But I am writing now to espouse the power of another simple word: no. In fact, 2015 was my year of no (not as inspiring as Shonda Rhimes' Year of Yes but effective nonetheless...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Treating Whole Communities for Scabies Feasible, Effective
(MedPage Today) -- Trial in Fiji finds that ivermectin helped control endemic infection (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - December 9, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Health and safety of women and children in disaster-prone areas ‘must be a priority,’ says UN relief wing
Disaster response specialists, including from the United Nations and other organizations, gathered in Suva, Fiji this week for the annual Pacific Humanitarian Partnership meeting, where the focus has been on high rates of preventable mortality and morbidity among women and children in the disaster-prone region. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - October 29, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Meet the President Trying to Save His Island Nation From Climate Change
For millennia, the people of Kiribati have lived off the land, dwelling on their small islands located in the central Pacific Ocean. But over the last several decades, rising sea levels due largely to climate change have slowly eaten away at the country’s 313 square miles. Without action, the country of 102,000 people may disappear altogether over the next few decades.
Kiribati President Anote Tong has been advocating for bold action to address climate change for years, making his pleas around the world. Now, Tong says his country’s citizens won’t be able to remain on the physical islands of Kiribati much...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - October 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Justin Worland Tags: Uncategorized climate change Source Type: news
Art Expedition Accidentally Uncovers Glow-In-The-Dark Sea Turtle
This article originally appeared on artnet News. A marine biologist studying coral reefs off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific made an amazing discovery this week when he noticed a "bright red-and-green spaceship" approaching his way in the pitch dark waters. The glowing underwater body turned out to be a hawksbill sea turtle, a critically endangered species. While it is known that Hawksbill shells change colors depending on water temperature, the biofluorescent capacities of the marine reptile have never been recorded until now. The scientist, David Gruber, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, w...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 30, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Rugby 'cold therapy' may not work
The Welsh Rugby team might want to ditch cryotherapy sessions ahead of their match against Fiji on Thursday, say medical experts who have evaluated this deep freeze treatment for tired muscles. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Zealand Deports Man Who Would Have Been First Climate Change Refugee
The man who could have been the world's first climate change refugee just got deported from the country where he had been seeking refuge for the past four years. On Thursday, the New Zealand government sent Ioane Teitiota back to his home island nation of Kiribati, which faces engulfment from rising sea levels and continuous storm cycles. The 811-square-kilometer island nation, located almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia in the Pacific Ocean, is home to just over 100,000 people. Teitiota had been seeking asylum in New Zealand since early 2012, after his family -- himself, his wife and three children ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 24, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Blueprint for Oceans in Parrotfish Paradise
The tragedy of the commons is thriving in our oceans. A fisherman aiming to maximize profit or provide for his family contributes to over-harvesting. A community looking to cut costs turns a blind eye to wastes entering coastal waters. Billions of people around the world make rational decisions like these every day based on their historical practices and economic interests -- and it's adding up to gigantic shifts in the abundance and diversity of ocean life. Achieving the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal #14 will require nothing less than restructuring the relationship between humanity and the oceans. It is r...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 21, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Pacific peoples, violence, and the power and control wheel - Rankine J, Percival T, Finau E, Hope LT, Kingi P, Peteru MC, Powell E, Robati-Mani R, Selu E.
This qualitative project was the first to study values and practices about sexual assault among migrant communities from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, and Tuvalu in New Zealand. It aimed to identify customs, beliefs, and practices am... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 4, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Moral judgments soften with time and distance, UCLA-led study shows
New research suggests that the human mind is disturbingly flexible about moral judgments.
An international team led by UCLA anthropology professor Daniel Fessler studied members of seven disparate societies, from rural New Guinea to urban California. They found that, regardless of where they were from, people judged acts like lying, theft and assault to be wrong — but less wrong if those acts happened far away or long ago, or if an authority figure suggested the acts were acceptable.
“This troubling finding helps explain why a blind eye is often turned to atrocities that occur abroad or are sanctioned by influential in...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 5, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
