Climate Change Resilience
By Mr. Gregory Moses – NBC News PNG -
21 July, 2015, Nuku'alofa, Tonga, PMC-3 - Papua New Guinea despite having a larger land mass and population still has a much smaller National Weather Service.
PNG National Weather Services Director Mr. Sam Maiha said this when presenting the country's report at the Third Pacific Meteorological Services Council Meeting (PMC-3) in Nuku'alofa.
Mr. Maiha said, the Papua New Guinea National Weather Service (PNGNWS) despite creating inroads into its weather forecasting services with the assistance of the National Government and its partners, needs to further improve its staffing strength and budget, to meet the Regional and the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) standards.
He said the PNGNWS immediate aim is to continue building its Human Resources capacity, upgrade its equipment, infrastructure, information technology capability, and its cost recovery initiatives in the next two years.
Mr. Maiha also stated that the PNGNWS now needs to implement the Quality Management System to cover the Marine Weather Services, in ensuring Standard Operating Procedures between main stakeholders are met.
The PNGNWS currently has 14 manned National Weather Service stations, seven automatic stations, and also uses weather information from 40 other automatic weather stations, from the PNG Climate Network, under a Private Public Partnership (PPP) approach.- #PacMC2015
Mr. Gregory Moses is a reporter for the National Broadcast Corporation of PNG. This article was developed by a Pacific Media Team of Reporters currently providing coverage on the Third Pacific Meteorological Council in Tonga. This activity coordinated by SPREP is supported by a partnership including the Government of Tonga, SPREP, Finland Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS).
21 July, 2015, Nuku'alofa, Tonga, PMC-3 - Papua New Guinea despite having a larger land mass and population still has a much smaller National Weather Service.
PNG National Weather Services Director Mr. Sam Maiha said this when presenting the country's report at the Third Pacific Meteorological Services Council Meeting (PMC-3) in Nuku'alofa.
Mr. Maiha said, the Papua New Guinea National Weather Service (PNGNWS) despite creating inroads into its weather forecasting services with the assistance of the National Government and its partners, needs to further improve its staffing strength and budget, to meet the Regional and the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) standards.
Mr. Sam Maiha, Director of the PNG National Weather Service
He said the PNGNWS immediate aim is to continue building its Human Resources capacity, upgrade its equipment, infrastructure, information technology capability, and its cost recovery initiatives in the next two years.
Mr. Maiha also stated that the PNGNWS now needs to implement the Quality Management System to cover the Marine Weather Services, in ensuring Standard Operating Procedures between main stakeholders are met.
The PNGNWS currently has 14 manned National Weather Service stations, seven automatic stations, and also uses weather information from 40 other automatic weather stations, from the PNG Climate Network, under a Private Public Partnership (PPP) approach.- #PacMC2015
Mr. Gregory Moses is a reporter for the National Broadcast Corporation of PNG. This article was developed by a Pacific Media Team of Reporters currently providing coverage on the Third Pacific Meteorological Council in Tonga. This activity coordinated by SPREP is supported by a partnership including the Government of Tonga, SPREP, Finland Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS).