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Intrepid Papua New Guinea woman leads relocation of island community hit by climate change

2014-08-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Ursula Rakova was born in a tropical paradise. The tiny, low-lying islet of Han is part of the Carteret Atoll in the southwest Pacific, with clear blue waters lapping at its palm-fringed shores. Fish was plentiful and so was taro, the staple food. The atoll community is matrilineal, and Rakova's mother passed ownership of Han islet to her -- but the island paradise is disappearing, one of the first places to fulfil scientists' predictions that climate change will submerge many coastal communities....

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