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The Carteret Islanders are amongst the world's first 'environmental refugees'. An entire cultural group is facing relocation due to the impacts of climate change. The islanders have fought for more than twenty years against the rising ocean, building sea walls and planting mangroves. However, storm surges and high tides continue to wash away homes, destroy vegetable gardens, and contaminate fresh water supplies. It has also been estimated that by 2015, the Carteret Islands could be largely submerged and entirely uninhabitable. Carteret Islanders are on the frontline of climate change
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Contact:
Ursula Rakova, CEO Tulele Peisa Inc.
Mobile: (675) 650 0832
Email: rakovaursula[at]gmail.com

Check ot the Carteret Islands Support Group on Facebook

Watch this short film,
Global Warming and the Carteret Islands
by Pip Starr (www.starr.tv)

Iolassa’s beach with palm trees falling into the sea, and the
split island of Huni in the background. Photo:Toby Parkinson
To see more of Toby's photos click here



Young girls wait for night to fall before going out to collect
sea cucumbers, Carteret Islands. Photo:Toby Parkinson



Ms Ursula Rakova from the NGO Tulele Peisa and Mr Bernard Tunim from Piul Island in the Carterets who talked about their personal experiences of climate change in a recent speaking tour of the east coast of Australia. Photo:Toby Parkinson