PNG's Carteret Islands Climate Change 14
Coconut juice (known as 'Island Champagne') and rainwater are the only things to dring on the Carteret Islands.
The Carteret Islands are a ring of six atolls 50 miles off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The islands will soon be underwater as rising sea levels will leave them submerged within five years. 3000 inhabitants must leave. The Carterret Islanders are being slowly relocated to Tinputz parish, on Bougainville. The Catholic Church has made diocesan land available. The families being relocated receive a plot of hand for their new home and an area to start farming. So far less than 10 have made the move. Meanwhile, on the islands, conditions are worsening as food runs out and high tides wash away more land each year.
Credit: Patrick Nicholson/Caritas 2012
PNG's Carteret Islands Climate Change 14
Coconut juice (known as 'Island Champagne') and rainwater are the only things to dring on the Carteret Islands.
The Carteret Islands are a ring of six atolls 50 miles off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The islands will soon be underwater as rising sea levels will leave them submerged within five years. 3000 inhabitants must leave. The Carterret Islanders are being slowly relocated to Tinputz parish, on Bougainville. The Catholic Church has made diocesan land available. The families being relocated receive a plot of hand for their new home and an area to start farming. So far less than 10 have made the move. Meanwhile, on the islands, conditions are worsening as food runs out and high tides wash away more land each year.
Credit: Patrick Nicholson/Caritas 2012