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Bibliography	Kanua, M.B.; Bourke, R.M.; Jinks, B.; Lowe, M. (2016) Assessing village food needs following a natural disaster in Papua New Guinea, 48 pages, Church Partnership Program; The Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Port Moresby, URL: https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/109282?mode=full
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Abstract / Content summary	Papua New Guinea is vulnerable to natural disasters, including drought and frost associated with El Nino weather events and excessive rainfall associated with La Nina events. Drought, frost and excessive rainfall can cause major disruptions to village food supplies. Drought also reduces villagers access to clean drinking water, which in turn has a negative impact on peoples health and the capacity of schools and hospitals to operate. There are often other impacts - damage to crops and property by wildfires, out-migration and an increased death rate. In 1997-1998, and again in 2015-16, a major El Nino event caused significant disruption to drinking water and food supply for many Papua New Guinean villagers. Staff of many agencies, including those working through the Church Partnership Program El Nino Drought Response Program, were involved in assessing the impact and providing relief in 2015-16. This publication brings together the experiences of those working on the Church Partnership Program response to the 2015-16 El Nino event and serves as a guide for assessing future food shortage and to help those in need. [Taken from the back cover]
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files	Kanua_AssessingFoodNeedsPNG.pdf
External web link	https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/109282?mode=full
File info	1.73 MB