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New publications from the Paci c Community

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The Paci c Community (SPC) publishes a diverse range of scienti c, technical
and cultural publications in English and French year-round

Kiribati Census Atlas Tsunami Hazard Assessment: Samoa Case Study

This census atlas is aimed at Under the Paci c
promoting evidence-based Catastrophe Risk
decision making for policy Assessment and
and planning by presenting Financing Initiative
maps, tables and graphs to (PCRAFI), a probabilistic
better understand tsunami inundation
population patterns and hazard assessment was
trends at both the national carried out for Samoa.
and sub-national level in The study revealed that
Kiribati. The atlas uses data the country is exposed to
sourced from the Kiribati a high inundation hazard
National Statistics O ce level from tsunami
2020 Census Report and events that originate
customised census data from both near and
tables together with SPC’s distant sources. The
PopGIS tool and the Paci c modelled tsunami
Data Hub resource, inundation results is
PDH.Stat. These resources government agencies, being used to locations. This assessment
and the 2020 Census development partners, cross-check Samoa’s increases Samoa’s tsunami
Analytical Report provide a non-government evacuation procedures to risk knowledge and
wealth of information for a organisations, researchers, verify that routes and contributes to strengthening
wide range of users schools and the general assembly points are in Samoa’s tsunami
including Kiribati public. the most appropriate preparedness.

Household survey of Special Management Area Réseau océanien de surveillance de la santé publique,
communities in Tonga Lignes directrices pour la lutte anti-infectieuse, 2021
Special Management Areas This is the French
(SMAs) are part of a translation of the
community-based shery updated version of the
programme in Tonga, where Paci c Public Health
designated communities Surveillance Network
are granted legal rights to Infection Prevention and
manage their coastal shery Control (IPC) Guidelines,
resources. This report 2021. The previous
presents the ndings of a version, published in
household survey conducted 2010, has been updated
in SMA communities in to provide and support
February and March 2021. regional guidance on IPC
The purpose of the survey standards for adaptation
was to evaluate the and implementation by
socio-economic impacts and all Paci c Island
community perceptions of countries and territories
the SMA programme based (PICTs). A structured and
on each SMA’s age and island an overview of the rational introduction and
group. The SMA programme socioeconomic aspects of the enhancement of the IPC the Paci c where health care
was initiated in response to SMA programme, including practices and standards delivery and medical hygiene
the decreasing abundance perceptions on habitat laid out in these standards can be negatively
and health of nearshore sh health, species diversity and guidelines are compromised by secondary
species. This report provides reef sh abundance. particularly important in infections.

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