Vanishing homeland leaves people with nowhere to go

Vanishing homeland leaves people with nowhere to go

17 FEBRUARY 2013

On an average day in Kiribati we can look out across our calm and peaceful lagoons and see people fishing and going about their daily business and everything is at it has been for many generations.

But this is deceptive. We now know that we are being subjected to a gradual, creeping and insidious process: climate change. This directly threatens the future of our homeland - our people will be scattered, and the survival of our unique culture, lifestyle and even our language, may be lost forever.

Read more here: http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/vanishing-homeland-leaves-people-with-nowhere-to-go-20130211-2e8tz.html

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