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Kiribati plans to avoid becoming the next Atlantis due to #sealevelrise. The people of Kiribati, a group of islands in the Pacific ocean particularly exposed to climate change, now own a possible refuge elsewhere. President Anote Tong has recently finalized the purchase of 20 sq km on Vanua Levu, one of the Fiji islands, about 2,000km away... The cost of protecting these places against rising sea levels, compared with national income, is among the highest in the world. Kiribati. -excerpts from article Besieged by the rising tides of climate change, Kiribati buys land in Fiji by Laurence Caramel bit.ly/1m3Tt30 Some of the land will be used to relocate the population while other parcels primarily for agricultural purposes to support the nation.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 01:00:01 +0000

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