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Global Church leaders visit local community
YOU’RE NOT ALONE

CHURCH HELPS BEAR CLIMATE CHANGE BURDEN

By Netani Rika gradually but surely clawed away at up to five acres of the
foreshore.
ON a remote, windswept coastline at Togoru on Fiji’s The land on which Barney played as a boy has been
southern coast, Barney Dunn surveys the land his family has submerged by the waves. Three seawalls built in his lifetime
occupied for five generations. have been destroyed and committed to an eternity under
In actual fact, it is what is left of the land after the sea has water.
Along the shore, erosion has exposed the roots of coconut
palms which will share the watery graves of trees which have
gone before them.
TRADE MARK CAUTIONARY NOTICE
IN THE FEDERATED STATE OF MICRONESIA Barney’s ancestors’ graves are visible at low tide, exposed
by the same waters which destroyed the peaceful grassy
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organised and existing under the laws of Japan, of 6-9, “Those graves were once on land, now they are in the sea,’’
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Wakinohama-cho 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo Barney said.

651-0072, Japan, does hereby provide notice that it claims
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“Soon, the living and the dead will all be in the sea. This
proprietorship of the trade mark
of Japan, of 6-9, Wakinohama-cho 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-0072, Japan,
erosion just keeps coming and we are running out of options.
does hereby provide notice that it claims proprietorship of the trade mark
To make it worse, the sea temperature is rising every year and
our source of income—the fish—are now further from shore.
“We’ve sought help from the government, from non-
governmental organisations but there are so many obstacles.’’
Listening to Barney’s tale are members of a global partners
in relation to:
in relation to: roundtable of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
Tires for vehicles; tires for automobiles; tires for trucks; tires for buses; tires for two From Cuba, Jamaica, Fiji, Palestine, the Philippines, and
Tires for vehicles; tires for automobiles; tires for trucks;
wheeled motor vehicles. Zimbabwe, the members are visibly concerned and shocked.
tires for buses; tires for two wheeled motor vehicles. For some, this is their second time at Togoru and they can see
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confusingly similar trade mark in relation to any of these goods or similar goods, would be
any use of the trade mark or any confusingly similar trade
“We admire the resilience of the community in the face of
seen as infringement of their rights and that they will take such action deemed necessary to
mark in relation to any of these goods or similar goods,
protect those rights. this adversity,’’ said group coordinator, Philip Woods.
would be seen as infringement of their rights and that they “But it is clear that they face a clear and present danger.
will take such action deemed necessary to protect those
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We hope to be able to help Barney and his people in a
rights.
AJ Park, Level 22, Aon Centre, 1 Willis Street, Wellington 6011, New Zealand, meaningful way.’’
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. can be
mail@ajpark.com The needs of the Togoru people are simple and achievable
contacted care of their address for service: at a practical level.
AJ Park, Level 22, Aon Centre, 1 Willis Street, Wellington Conservative estimates put coastal rehabilitation costs at
6011, New Zealand, mail@ajpark.com around $FJD8.5 million, according to Government surveyors
and land experts who have visited the site.
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