Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Child---Sea-Level-Rise-Documentation--Papua-New-Guinea--2006--27MZIFLE1UNC.htmlConceptually similarChild - Sea Level Rise Documentation (Papua New Guinea: 2006)GP01962Completed★★★★Child - Sea Level Rise Documentation (Papua New Guinea: 2006)GP019MJCompleted★★★★Boy by the Sea - Sea Level Rise Documentation (Papua New Guinea: 2006)GP019BECompleted★★★★Boy by the Sea - Sea Level Rise Documentation (Papua New Guinea: 2006)GP019JLCompleted★★★★Sea Wall - Sea Level Rise Documentation (Papua New Guinea: 2006)GP018LRCompleted★★★★The Garden - Sea Level Rise Documentation (Papua New Guinea: 2006)GP019MKCompleted★★★★Puil Island - Sea Level Rise Documentation (Papua New Guinea: 2006)GP01GLACompleted★★★★★★Islanders - Sea Level Rise Documentation (Papua New Guinea: 2006)GP018X3Completed★★★★Demolished House - Sea Level Rise Documentation (Papua New Guinea: 2006)GP01A4JCompleted★★★★View AllGP01979Child - Sea Level Rise Documentation (Papua New Guinea: 2006)A young island girl with a flower in her hair stands apprehensively listening to elders talk about the future of the island.Rising sea levels have eroded much of the coastlines of the low lying Carteret islands in Papua New Guinea and waves have crashed over the islands flooding and destroying what little crop gardens the islanders have. Food is in short supply, banana and swamp taro crops are failing due to the salt contamination of the land and the islanders live on a meagre one meal per day diet of fish and coconut. There is talk by the Autonomous Region of Bougainville government to relocate the Carteret Islanders to Bougainville Island, but this plan is stalled due to a lack of finances, resources, land and coordination.Locations:Carteret Atolls-Papua New Guinea-Puil IslandDate:10 Dec, 2006Credit:© Greenpeace / Jeremy Sutton-HibbertMaximum size:2048px X 3072pxRestrictions:NO FUNDRAISINGKeywords:Children-Climate (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Portraits-Sea level riseShoot:Sea Level Rise Documentation in Papua New GuineaRising sea levels have eroded much of the coastlines of the low lying Carteret islands in Papua New Guinea and waves have crashed over the islands flooding and destroying what little crop gardens the islanders have. Food is in short supply, banana and swamp taro crops are failing due to the salt contamination of the land and the islanders live on a meagre one meal per day diet of fish and coconut. There is talk by the Autonomous Region of Bougainville government to relocate the Carteret Islanders to Bougainville Island, but this plan is stalled due to a lack of finances, resources, land and coordination.Related Collections:Sea Level Rise Documentation in Papua New Guinea (Photos & Videos)
