FUNAFUTI ATOLL News, Dec 21, 2010

View Larger Map

1. Change hard to believe in Sydney Morning Herald - 26 Nov 2010‎ Vulnerable ... a boy and a piglet that had escaped on the Tuvaluan island of Funafuti, where residents say rising sea water threatens food production. ...

   Sydney Morning Herald

2. Frequent flier: Lifelong pilot from McLouth always prepared for ... Lawrence Journal World - Richard Gwin - 1 day ago‎ Another time, a plane went down in Funafuti when the airplane hit the mast of a ship, and some crew members died. The tiny islands and runways made from ...

3. Making do with little Fiji Times - 3 Dec 2010‎ Forty per cent of Tuvalu's inhabitants live on the capital island of Funafuti. For 3000 years Funafuti's lagoon, planting pits and coconut trees have ...

4. Mum-of-three ordered out of NZ Stuff.co.nz - Britton Broun - 6 days ago‎ The main island, Funafuti, is sinking as seawater seeps up through it at king tides. Other problems include overcrowding, rubbish and poor healthcare. ... Family hides as mum ordered out‎ - Sunday Star Times all 7 news articles »

   The Nelson Mail

5. iReport Global Challenge: Earth's most fascinating places CNN - Daphne Sashin - 5 days ago‎ He says rising sea levels have already caused significant coastal erosion, and parts of the capital island, Funafuti, flood once a month from salt water ...

   CNN

6. "We Cannot Afford to Be Held Hostage...By Political Backwardness ... Democracy Now (blog) - 9 Dec 2010‎ The greatest width of land on Funafuti, our capital island, is 600 meters. The highest point is only four meters. When a cyclone hits, ...

7. Australia - 2011 Tuvalu Scholarships Program ISRIA (registration) - 1 Dec 2010‎ Congratulating the recipients at a ceremony in the Tuvaluan capital of Funafuti, Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, Richard Marles, ...

8. La nueva Atlántida impre.com - 28 Nov 2010‎ Funafuti (la capital de la isla) ha perdido la mayor parte de sus playas y los ciclos naturales que vivíamos han cambiado. "Se han perdido fuentes de ...

9. Tuvalu steht das Wasser bis zum Hals - Sendereihe "Was passiert ... Deutschlandfunk - 25 Nov 2010‎ ... einfach untergehen, aber irgendwann werden wir auf unseren Inseln vielleicht nicht mehr leben können", sagt die Leiterin der Bibliothek in Funafuti. ...info@als-alexander.org or interalex1@yahoo.com