Fiji: First village relocated due to climate change

AlterNet: For the most part, many people still experience climate change on an academic rather than a personal level. But for the villagers of Vunidogoloa on Vanua Levu, Fiji's second largest island, climate change has become a daily intrusion on every day life. The villagers of Vunidogoloa are currently relocating to drier and higher land because of sea level rise, erosion, and intensifying floods. I had the opportunity to visit the village midway through this process – one of the very first village relocation...

URL: http://www.salon.com/2012/09/19/first_village_relocated_due_to_climate_change/
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