Map of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA). Image: www.phoenixislands.org Kiribati , a Pacific nation of 33 atolls and lying just barely two meters above sea level, is one of the countries that’s on the front-lines of climate change . With its very existence is threatened to be wiped out by rising waters, Kiribati recently made a unprecedented decision: despite its overwhelming dependence on fishing, by 2050 it will forbid it in over… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Pacific Nation Kiribati ‘Sacrifices’ Itself To Create Largest Marine Heritage Site
