Rural Women in PNG and Climate Challenges
Men and women in their respective social roles are differently affected by the effects of climate change. UN reports indicate that women are more vulnerable...
Category : Papua New Guinea
ICT use to boost PNG’s Agriculture sector
If you have made an urgent phone call to your family or sent a simple text message to a friend, then you have taken part...
Morobe Flood Damage Assessments Start
Updates are starting to pour in from seven districts in Morobe Province that have been affected by heavy rain and flooding two weeks ago. Isolated...
Landslide and Floods Destroy Homes in Lababia, Morobe
The Morobe Provincial Disaster Office has begun moving relief supplies to Lababia Island along the Morobe coast which has been affected by flooding. Rains last...
Consultation Workshop Underway to Update National Partners and Prepare for COP22
Papua New Guinea’s preparations are going well with just ten days to the 22nd United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP22 in Marrakech,...
Disability-inclusive Training aims to reduce impacts during disasters
Having access to basic services is one thing, and having an ‘able-body’ to use those services is another in terms of those living with disabilities....
Horau Hururu Receives Community Based Disaster Risk Management Plan
Not all communities in Papua New Guinea will experience high standards of health, education, transport systems, water supply systems and road networks....
6.9 Magnitude Earthquake strikes off Kandrian (WNB), PNG
The US Geological Survey detected an earthquake today at a magnitude of 6.9 on the richter scale, 78 kilometres west north-west (WNW) of Kandrian in...
BREAKING: 4 Dead in Morobe after floods wash away houses
Flooding in the lower Wautut area of the Morobe province has killed four people while three others are still missing. The flood victims are from...
Flooding in Morobe destroys bridge, roads
Works crew have begun building a temporary bridge over a section of road outside of Lae that was destroyed by flooding on Saturday. Up to...