نتایج جستجو برای: vanuatu

تعداد نتایج: 733  

Journal: :Community eye health 2005
John Szetu

Background Vanuatu, with a population of 200,000, situated north-east of Australia, is one of the many small tropical Pacific Island nations scattered across the huge Pacific Ocean. Vanuatu consists of a young chain of rugged mountainous volcanic islands, rising high out of the sea. There are five provincial hospitals in six provinces. With an annual growth rate of 3%, more than 80% of the popu...

2010
Frances Cassidy

Mass tourism, which may lead to environmental problems, cultural and social degradation, distortion of economic benefits and disease, particularly in poorer countries, provides financial reasons for preserving cultural, historical and natural resources or traditions, which otherwise may be neglected. Vanuatu, is a less developed country (LDC), reliant on tourism for such benefits. Therefore, th...

2010
PETER K. L. NG

Thirty-eight species of crabs of Calappidae, Matutidae, Iphiculidae, and Leucosiidae were identified from material collected during the SANTO 2006 Expedition to Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu. Of these, 32 (14 calappids, one matutid, four iphiculids, and 13 leucosiids) are reported for the first time from Vanuatu. The leucosiid genus Euclosia Galil, 2003, is a junior homonym of Euclosia Mulsant...

Journal: :Current biology : CB 2018
Mark Lipson Pontus Skoglund Matthew Spriggs Frederique Valentin Stuart Bedford Richard Shing Hallie Buckley Iarawai Phillip Graeme K Ward Swapan Mallick Nadin Rohland Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht Olivia Cheronet Matthew Ferry Thomas K Harper Megan Michel Jonas Oppenheimer Kendra Sirak Kristin Stewardson Kathryn Auckland Adrian V S Hill Kathryn Maitland Stephen J Oppenheimer Tom Parks Kathryn Robson Thomas N Williams Douglas J Kennett Alexander J Mentzer Ron Pinhasi David Reich

Ancient DNA from Vanuatu and Tonga dating to about 2,900-2,600 years ago (before present, BP) has revealed that the "First Remote Oceanians" associated with the Lapita archaeological culture were directly descended from the population that, beginning around 5000 BP, spread Austronesian languages from Taiwan to the Philippines, western Melanesia, and eventually Remote Oceania. Thus, ancestors of...

Journal: :QUT Law Review 1986

2014
Glen Finau Acklesh Prasad Sarah Logan John Cox

ABSTRACT: This paper examines the extent social media is enabling e-democracy in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The study conducts an interpretative case study approach interviewing active social media users, political actors, civil servants, civilians, civil society actors and tertiary students. The study also conducts a content analysis of popular “political social media” Facebook pages i...

2013
Elissa C Kennedy Siula Bulu Jennifer Harris David Humphreys Jayline Malverus Natalie J Gray

BACKGROUND Sexual activity during adolescence is common in Vanuatu, however many adolescents lack access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and subsequently suffer a disproportionate burden of poor SRH. There is limited peer-reviewed research describing adolescents' SRH service delivery preferences in Vanuatu to inform policy and programs. The aim of this qualitative study was to ...

2009
Ralph Regenvanu

Preliminary results of a survey undertaken by Oxfam Australia on the social impact of the global economic crisis on families in Vanuatu found that this impact has been negligible. The biggest impact reported by families was in fact from the global food crisis of late 2007 and 2008, which has affected in particular urban families more reliant on imported rice and flour for daily sustenance, and ...

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