elevation of the sandy strip where the houses are built (around 0.5m above high water). The recently built
(last 18 months) groynes can be seen crossing the active beach (at the time of study long shore transport
was towards the camera [northwards]).
These people are very worried about their lost Mangroves.
They are trees that do very well in salt water. And they
are being destroyed by sea level rise, so the people are
attempting to build groines to plant seedlings in hope
the Mangrove forests will again thrive.
Why are Mangrove Forests important? Because there are
entire ecosystems that live among their roots, including, fish
for dinner.
Climate change in Labasa (click here)
Osea Sokomuri
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Jotame Ratabua, a 73-year-old villager in Yadua Island in Bua, and Tevita Rokuta, 74 of Salevukoso Village in Druadrua Island, Macuata do not need scientific reports to tell them that the sea is rising and affecting their islands.
The beaches of their childhood are disappearing.
In Druadrua, an old village shop was no more, washed away by the rise in sea level; the two houses that are closer to the beach are on the verge of being washed away. Both the islands are under threat as evidence has shown coastal erosion taking place, claiming the beach forefront. Left behind on the beach where the coastal erosion has taken place are visible foundations of tree trunks.
Global Warming or Climate Change is the measurable increases in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and landmasses....
