The trailer below shows clips from what is an hour long documentary film There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Noho telling the story of Takuu and the impact that climate change is having on the small Polynesian community there. The low-lying atoll off the 250 km off the coast of Papua New Guinea is home to around 400 inhabitants. The film follows 3 local people to show the human face of climate change. These people have to deal with the outcomes of salt inundation, coastal erosion, and flooding as well as poverty. Consequently, the decision that they face is whether to leave their island forever or stay there and deal with the changes alone.
Saturday 10 November 2012
'There once was an island'
My last post highlighted the fact that rising sea levels in the Western Pacific are placing islands and coastal areas in the region at great risk. What problems are the people there facing? How are they coping? I felt that it would be an interesting change and is important to show the stories of people that are suffering the effects of sea level rise first hand.
The trailer below shows clips from what is an hour long documentary film There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Noho telling the story of Takuu and the impact that climate change is having on the small Polynesian community there. The low-lying atoll off the 250 km off the coast of Papua New Guinea is home to around 400 inhabitants. The film follows 3 local people to show the human face of climate change. These people have to deal with the outcomes of salt inundation, coastal erosion, and flooding as well as poverty. Consequently, the decision that they face is whether to leave their island forever or stay there and deal with the changes alone.
The trailer below shows clips from what is an hour long documentary film There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Noho telling the story of Takuu and the impact that climate change is having on the small Polynesian community there. The low-lying atoll off the 250 km off the coast of Papua New Guinea is home to around 400 inhabitants. The film follows 3 local people to show the human face of climate change. These people have to deal with the outcomes of salt inundation, coastal erosion, and flooding as well as poverty. Consequently, the decision that they face is whether to leave their island forever or stay there and deal with the changes alone.
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Found a good video on sea level rise in the Maldives thought you would like to watch
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Cheers Kate. It raises some interesting issues regarding the politics involved, governance, and adaption which will need investigating in more detail.
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