Global warming effects on Carteret Islands
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Hook, Line and Sinker
Islanders at Risk
The National, 30th October 2008
“THE Caterets group of islands in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville is sinking fast as rising sea level is accelerating. Buka atolls executive district manager Paul Tobasi said the situation was causing much concern to the authorities.
“People of Caterets are suffering and struggling to survive. There are no food gardens or clean fresh water,” he added.
The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has sent relief supplies of 1,300 bales of rice to the islanders. But Mr Tobasi said these supplies were not enough to feed more than 2,000 people. He appealed to the ABG to hasten the relocation process.”
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The people of the Carterets are desperate. CNN has featured them as the first global environmental refugees, yet their plight remains largely unknown to the world. In an amazing confluence of events, the cry of these Pacific islanders reached the shores of another island, Singapore. Though oceans apart, we are now connected hook, line and sinker.
What's the connection? Fishes!
This blog is about the empowerment of a forgotten community to become self-reliant with the resources they already have. We are working on a project with the Carteret islanders where we provide them the hook and line they need to fish. Throw in a few fibre-glass dinghies and a floating platform to store their fish and we have the beginnings of a sustainable community-based fishery that will build a stable economy for them. This will provide them the cash flow they badly need for relocation to the main island of Bougainville. More than that it will allow them to invest in the future.
This blog is about throwing a lifeline to the Carteret islanders. If you would like to be part of the Fishers of Hope, join the cause!
For a quick introduction to the Carteret islanders, check out this 4 minute documentary.
The National, 30th October 2008
“THE Caterets group of islands in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville is sinking fast as rising sea level is accelerating. Buka atolls executive district manager Paul Tobasi said the situation was causing much concern to the authorities.
“People of Caterets are suffering and struggling to survive. There are no food gardens or clean fresh water,” he added.
The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has sent relief supplies of 1,300 bales of rice to the islanders. But Mr Tobasi said these supplies were not enough to feed more than 2,000 people. He appealed to the ABG to hasten the relocation process.”
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The people of the Carterets are desperate. CNN has featured them as the first global environmental refugees, yet their plight remains largely unknown to the world. In an amazing confluence of events, the cry of these Pacific islanders reached the shores of another island, Singapore. Though oceans apart, we are now connected hook, line and sinker.
What's the connection? Fishes!
This blog is about the empowerment of a forgotten community to become self-reliant with the resources they already have. We are working on a project with the Carteret islanders where we provide them the hook and line they need to fish. Throw in a few fibre-glass dinghies and a floating platform to store their fish and we have the beginnings of a sustainable community-based fishery that will build a stable economy for them. This will provide them the cash flow they badly need for relocation to the main island of Bougainville. More than that it will allow them to invest in the future.
This blog is about throwing a lifeline to the Carteret islanders. If you would like to be part of the Fishers of Hope, join the cause!
For a quick introduction to the Carteret islanders, check out this 4 minute documentary.
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