Saturday, November 24, 2012

Losing battle against climate change

Oman Daily Observer: THE Pacific island nation of Kiribati at first appears to be a South Sea paradise, with its long sandy beaches, coconut palms, absence of industry and few cars - but the reality is less appealing. The beaches are fouled with human excrement, there are rubbish heaps everywhere, and wrecked cars line the roads. Tarawa, a chain of islands 30 kilometres long linked by causeways, is the capital of the nation of around 103,000. The capital is overpopulated, expensive, plagued by unemployment and...

URL: http://main.omanobserver.om/node/130558

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