Local solutions on a sinking paradise, Carterets Islands, Papua New Guinea
canal: UNU
In December 2008, the low-lying Carterets Islands were badly damaged by
king tides and violent storm surges. Nicholas Hakata, a local youth
leader and community representative, explains that he and his family
have been surviving on mainly fish and coconuts, and battling the swamp
mosquitoes that have brought malaria.
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