Local Solutions On A Sinking Paradise, Carterets Islands, Papua New Guinea

Local Solutions On A Sinking Paradise, Carterets Islands, Papua New Guinea 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. With the local government's food aid ship coming once or twice a year, the relocation plans are...

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