1. The first evacuation….
- Author
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Box, Dan
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CLIMATE change risk management , *SEA level & the environment , *CIVILIAN evacuation - Abstract
The article discusses Dan Box's visit to the Carteret Islands in the South Pacific, travel financed by an award from Great Britain's Royal Geographic Society, and his documentation of the so-called first official human evacuation due to climate change. Observed conditions are described including forest trees inundated by seawater and sorrow expressed by island inhabitants. The article discusses inhabitants Ruth Marcella and her father and clan chief John Sailik. It discusses political and financial factors that have a role in the progress of the evacuation.
- Published
- 2009