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Richard Michael Bourke

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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University

Children from a village in Papua New Guinea’s Western Highlands Province stand in one of countless sweet potato gardens destroyed by frost across the country, August 2015. Kud Sitango

August 26, 2015

As Papua New Guinea faces worsening drought, a past disaster could save lives

Richard Michael Bourke, Australian National University

Papua New Guinea is now facing a drought and frosts that look set to be worse than 1997, when hundreds of people died. So how can memories of 1997 save lives over the next few months?

Tanna Island locals replanting crops, only days after Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu. AAP/Dave Hunt

June 19, 2015

Planning ahead to reduce feast and famine after natural disasters

Richard Michael Bourke, Australian National University and Chris Ballard, Australian National University

Food has been scarce for many rural people in Vanuatu since Cyclone Pam – but overall, they now have greater security of food supply than they did in the past.

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