FIJI Post-Disaster Needs Assessment In the cyclone-affected provinces, three out of the 12 repositories of heritage assessed experienced medium to extensive damage. While the National Archives of <strong>Fiji</strong> reported no damage to documentary heritage repositories, the Ba Museum suffered structural damage and was closed at the time of this PDNA assessment. The <strong>Fiji</strong> Museum suffered major roof leakage, causing flooding in most of its exhibition gallery areas and was also temporarily closed. The Waisiliva Art Gallery at Leleuvia Island suffered extensive damage, with the collapse of the gallery roof. The art collection, however, was not destroyed or affected. The cyclone hit the Tutu Training Centre in Taveuni and damaged 22 of its buildings. The Tutu Training centre provides vocational training to adult learners in the areas of craft development, and displays and markets its students’ art. Cultural Industries: Cultural producers (crafters and artisans) impacted by TC Winston have suffered significant losses to their raw material supply, including kuta from Vanua Levu, voivoi from Koro, Lau, Ra and Ba, and masi bark from Vatulele. The producers’ livelihoods are strained, causing stress in trying to meet their families’ needs. Table 71: Damage and Losses in the Culture and Heritage Sector by Division (F$ million) 108 Tropical Cyclone Winston, February 20, 2016 Damage Losses Total Effects Public (%) Private (%) Central 0.02 0.04 0.06 0 100 Eastern 4.30 0.08 4.38 32 68 Northern 0.25 0.08 0.33 0 101 Western 0.53 0.65 1.18 0 102 Total 5.10 0.845 5.95 24 77 Source: Estimations by Assessment Team. Recovery and Reconstruction Needs for Culture and Heritage (F$9 million) The estimated recovery needs for culture and heritage totals F$9.1 million (Table 72) and incorporates the principle of BBB. The core of the short-term (2016-2017) strategy for recovery focuses on the rehabilitation and restoration works in the Historical Port Town of Levuka in the Eastern Division. Maintaining the outstanding universal value of the site is critical to ensuring that it retains its iconic status. The rehabilitation of Navala Village is also pivotal, as its tangible and intangible characteristics require urgent safeguarding. However, a thorough technical assessment will first be required. In the medium to long term, continued rehabilitation of the Levuka World Heritage Site will be ongoing, along with targeting enhanced opportunities for cultural producers through the regeneration of raw materials, and capacity-building initiatives to sustain and augment skills in cultural products and in traditional architectural building and conservation. Knowledge management, capacity building and advocacy for DRR of the culture sector must be strengthened through a network of cultural heritage sites and institutions facilitated by an interim Blue Shield Pasifika in order to fully integrate DRR of the culture sector into the national DRR plan. Table 72: Total Recovery and Reconstruction Needs for the Culture and Heritage Sector (F$ million) Emergency technical assessment of damage, repair requirements and status of intangible cultural heritage Repair and reconstruction of traditional houses, built heritage, repositories of heritage, etc. Immediate capacity building of traditional architectural skills, basic conservation timber and stone architectural knowledge, and skills and product development workshop Construction of Navala ethnological museum and adjoining exhibition office facilities for tourism purposes Construction and installation of basic amenities in Navala, including electricity, water supply, fire hydrant system sewerage Regeneration of essential traditional architectural raw materials (environmental) Development and implementation of DRR plan for all cultural domains and safeguarding plans for intangible cultural heritage Establishment of incubation spaces, galleries and advisory portals for cultural goods producers Recovery Reconstruction Resilience Total 0.2 0.2 0.1 7.4 7.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 Total 0.6 8.5 9.1 Source: Estimations by Assessment Team. Note: A detailed breakdown of recovery needs by sector is included in Annex 2.
4. Damaged Police Station on Viti Levu Source Chris Wensley/ADB DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT Tropical Cyclone Winston, February 20, 2016 109