Pacific Islands 2ºB by https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2 en-us 2021-11-29 10:23:41 UTC 2024-05-27 19:21:30 UTC hello@padlet.com FIJI ISLANDS cynthiajordane1 https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1917560282 FIJI ISLANDS:
Fiji islands have a rich and exotic history, possesing a diverse population with Indigenous Fijian, Chinese, Europeand and Indian heritage which explains their huge cultural diversity going through arts, music, festivals and even food.

]]> 2021-11-29 10:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1917560282 Samoa cynthiajordane1 https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1917560579 Samoa: Island in the Pacific Ocean formed by 9 islands
Population: 202.506 people.
Languages: samoan and english. 
Capital: Apia.
Religion: christianity.
Traditions: Fa'a Samoa--> customs relationships, culture...

Traditional food: Panikeke, Palusami (beef with coconut milk). 
Climate change: biggest threat to the island.
Consequences of climate change: air temperature and sea level rise -->lots of natural disasters such as tornadoes, cyclones, coral reefs destruction...

Samoa's economy: based in tourism,  agriculture and fishery, climate change is devastating it and creating poverty. 
Impacts in the environment: are and will be enormous if they don't change their habits.]]> 2021-11-29 10:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1917560579 Tuvalu cynthiajordane1 https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1917561032
-Language: Tuvaluan,Polynesian language and English.
-Population: 96% Tuvaluan, 4% others. (37% rural, urban 63%). 12 000 inhabitants.
Religion: Christian
-Tradition: food-->pulaka.
-Area: Pacific Ocean, Oceania.
-Size: about 26km2. (square kilometers), nine small islands
-Flora and Fauna: Tropical (palm tree, banana tree...)
-Relief:  flat, highest point: 3 meters above the sea

Climate change and consequences:

-Big threat: sea level can rise up to 1 meter.
-Warming of global temperature.
-more intense storms and deacreasing rainfall.
-the coral around is dead.
-two of the nine islands are disappearing.

Plans of the government:
-raise the land 10 metres above the sea level.
-Build floating island.

]]> 2021-11-29 10:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1917561032 Tonga cynthiajordane1 https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1917561432 Tonga(Kingdom of Tonga) is an archipelago comprising 169 islands-> 3 groups, Tongatapu, Ha'apai, Vava'u.

Population -> 105.697
Language-> Tongan (austronesian language), English
Traditions-> traditional dress-> 'ta'ovala
                 ->  meat and veggies cooked in "Umus"
                 ->  kava drinking (part of the tongan lifestyle)
                  ->  paddle dancing
Size-> 748,5 km 2
Flora and fauna-> really unique and beautiful
                            -> big variety of flowers and birds
                             ->   as well marine life (whales)
This creates an oasis of colour among pandanus and banana plantations.

Some other facts -> tonga is a constitutional monarchy run         by Tupou VI
                               -> influenced by Christianism
                               -> related to Samoans and other Polynesians in culture and language.
                               -> economy based on agriculture
                               ->  rugby team
Climate change?
susceptible to a wide range of climate change impacts like
-> increasingly intense tropical cyclones
-> extreme rainfall wich leads to   -> flooding
                                                           -> heat waves
                                                            -> drought
                                                            -> ocean acidification
                                                            -> sea level rise
Solutions?
In 2014, the Tongan Government responded to the challenges of reducing the Tongan contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions. They approved a policy to supply 100% of electricity generation through renewable ressources by 2020.]]> 2021-11-29 10:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1917561432 Îles Salomon cynthiajordane1 https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1917562014 The Salomon islands:

  • population: 686.878 
  • traditions: the Festival of the Pacific Art, independence day, spear dancing festival ect
        kastom: solomon island term(shared traditions as well as contemporary ideas)
      
       languages: the main languages are english and Pijin.

  • geography: equatorial: surronded by the ocean
                     consequences: heavy Rainfall (mountains...), wind. drier areas in coastal areas. the solomon islands of 992 different islands are mainly mountains and covered in forests

  •       effects of climate change: 
  •  (in many small islands such as solomon islands) could suffer catastrophic damage
  • rising sea levels and storms that cause socia, economic and ecologic crisis
  • increase in malaria and other diseases
    this drives locals and tourists away

solutions:
their goal for now is to adapt to the impacts of climate change
they created a program called Australian Climate Service that brings together worlds leading expertise and info to help local communities build resilince to climate change
]]> 2021-11-29 10:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1917562014 Kiribati cynthiajordane1 https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1917563363 Description
Kiribati is situated in the Pacific Ocean. Kiribati is composed of 3 attols name "Gilbert, Line and Phoenix" of 33 islands but 20 are uninhabited. The capital of Kiribati is Tarawa. Indeed the total land area mass is of 811 km2. 
The most used language is the "Gilbertese" but they also speak "English". 

Tradition
The traditional dances of Kiribati are a unique form of art and expression. The movement of the feet, hands and of the entire body imitates the movement of the frigate birds while walking and flying. The costumes are made out of local materials. They used a lot of fruit. These fruits are the principal source of food in Kiribati with fish. Kiribati make armor inspired by Samourai style they make this armor with coconut fibre.

Geography
Vegetation is sparse, because the soil is arid and saline.
Fauna includes mostly fish like shark or tuna less animals live in the surface.

Climate
In Kiribati there is a very pleasant maritime climate.
 With more or less precision, climate experts predict a warming of surface temperature our increase in precipitation, an acidification of the oceans and a rise in sea level in Kiribati.

Resolutions for the climate change
Kiribati is going to intenting help the environment doing ecologic decision. In addition the possibility has also been discussed of building an enormous floating platform, similar to those used by petroleum companies, or temporary sea defences.
]]> 2021-11-29 10:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1917563363 TRADITIONS karimabifaraj https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1920411061 -TRADITIONS:
In the Fiji islands there are a lot of traditions, here are a few of them:
-Fire walking ceremony
-The Yaqona ceremony
-The Meke
-Village visit]]> 2021-11-30 13:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1920411061 LANGUAGES karimabifaraj https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1920426780 There's three oficial languages in the Fiji Island:
-Fijian: Is spoken by more than half of the population.
-English: Which you can see on the news or even in the local newspapers.
-Hindi: Has a variety much different from that which is spoken in India.]]> 2021-11-30 14:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1920426780 Population karimabifaraj https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1920433883 The Fiji Island's population consists of 905,354 inhabitants in 2021]]> 2021-11-30 14:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1920433883 Geography karimabifaraj https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1920461374 Fiji is an archipelago with 844 both islets and volcanic islands situated in the South Pacific Ocean 1770 km to the New Zeland's North. This archipelago is made by 1290000 square km of islands. Fiji may be famous for its rugged landscapes, palm-lined beaches, coral riefs and crystal clear lagoons. But there's more in this archipelago, its faunas are very varied going through birds, to bats and reptiles and even reaching sharks, turtles and many fishes. Its flora consists of trees, flowers and mangroves]]> 2021-11-30 14:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1920461374 Effects of climate change and their response karimabifaraj https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1920509077 The climate change's effects in the Fiji Island's are:
-Sea flooding (Sea level rise)
-Cyclones
-Temperature rise
-Destructive storms
-Destruction of the local agriculture by the salt water
And the response of the Fiji islands to the climate change's effects is to sign an Emission Reduction Payment Agreement (ERPA) with  the FCPF to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. They also had to relocate various villages to higher-ground.]]> 2021-11-30 14:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiajordane1/x6hrmkoqljw12ak2/wish/1920509077