Tag: E-Bulletin

April 2015   Coconuts have a unique potential to sustain healthy rural livelihoods throughout the Pacific islands and can provide a key driver for employment, incomes and growth in the region. A regional consultation entitled “Coconut Industry Development for the Pacific” was facilitated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s (SPC) EU funded Pacific Agriculture […]

March 2015             In March 13th, Vanuatu was hit by severe Tropical Cyclone Pam. This was an exceptionally wide system (640 km in diameter) with wind gusts reaching 340 km/hr. Approximately, half of the archipelago (central and southern provinces) was severely devastated with most other islands affected to some degree. […]