Staff Details:
Name: Zina Bird
Position: Research Fellow
Email: zina.bird@usp.ac.fj
Tel: (+679) 3232828
Department: Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development
The University of the South Pacific
Name: Zina Bird
Position: Research Fellow
Email: zina.bird@usp.ac.fj
Tel: (+679) 3232828
Department: Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development
The University of the South Pacific
The University of the South Pacific (Fiji Islands) | Bachelor of Arts: Environmental Studies |
Papua New Guinea University of Technology (Papua New Guinea) | Masters of Science: Agriculture |
Semester 1 2024
PC423: Food Security and Climate change
Bird, Z., & Yuen, L. (2020). Climate change and peri-urban household food security – Lessons from West Taraka, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. In Managing climate change Adaptation
in the Pacific Region (pp.171-195). Springer, Chan.
Bird, Z., Wairiu, M., Jacot Des Combes, H., & Lese, V (2021). Religious and cultural-spiritual
attributions of climate-driven changes on food production: A case study from North Malaita,
Solomon Islands. In Nunn, P & Luetz, M., J. (Ed) Managing Climate Change, Springer, Cham.
Bird, Z., Iese, V., Des Combes, H.J., Wairiu, M., & Yuen, L. B. (2022). Assessing the impacts of climate change on domestic crop productionL Experience and perception of local farmers in North
Malaita, Solomon Islands.
Bird, Z., Iese, V., Des Combes, H. J., Alungo, B., & Wairiu, M. (2023). Assessing rural household’s food group-source and dietary diversity pattern in Malaita Province, Scientific Report.
Iese, V., Wairiu, M., Hickey, G. M., Ugalde, B., Salili , D., Walenenea, J. J., Tabe, T., Keremama,
M., Teva, C., Naunicagi, O., Fesaitu, J., Tigona, R., Krishna, D., Sachan, H., Unwin, N.,
Guell,C., Haynes, E., Veisa, F., Vaike, L., Bird, Z., Ha’apio, M., Roko, N., Patolo, S., Dean, R.
A., Kiran, S., Tikai, P., Tuiloma, J., Halavatau, S., Francis, J., & Ward, C. A (2021). Impacts
of COVID-19 on agriculture and food systems in Pacific Island countries (PICs): Evidence
from communities in Fiji and Solomon Islands. Agricultural System , 190. issn:0308-521X, doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103099
Wairiu, M., Iese, V., Walelenea, J. J., Teva, C., Ha’apio, M., Keremama, M., Navunicagi, O., Fesaitu, J., Salili, D., Tabe, T., Tigona, R., Veisa, F., Vaike, L., Bird, Z., Roko, N., Vilsoni-Raduva, M., Francis, J., Haynes, E., Tikai, P., Sala, I., & War, C. A (2021). C. CTA-2020-Fiji-Final. (TBC).
Wairiu, M; Lese, V; Navunicagi, O; Fesaitu, J; Salili, D; Tabe , T; Keremama, M; Tigona, R; Veisa, F; Walelenea, Jr. J; Teva C; Ha’apio, M; Vaike, L; Bird, Z; Roko, N; Vilsoni-Raduvua, M; Francis, J; Haynes, E; Kiran, S; Tuiloma, J; Eard, A. (2021). C. CTA-2020-Solomons-Islands-Final.