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Peter Bennetts

Author of Time & tide : the islands of Tuvalu

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A beautiful book with short informative articles beginning each section. Wheeler, with photography by Bennetts, describes all aspects of life on the tiny group of atolls in the South Pacific. Royalties from leasing the domain name .tv doubled the annual budget. With careful management, Tuvaluans are able to provide free education, improved health care, and prepare for an uncertain future. Early in the 21st century the estimated sea-level rise of 2 mm per year gave the low-lying atolls of Tuvalu 50-100 years before they will be submerged. Tuvaluan government has been lobbying New Zealand, Australia and Fiji regarding forced migration should Tuvalu become uninhabitable.… (more)
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