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Managing Director / Publisher A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Netani Rika

Managing Editor As we inch towards the global climate talks in Egypt in November, our cover story is
Samantha Magick an important insight into the complexities of the climate crisis, and the reality for
Pacific communities.
Netani Rika’s articles from Vunisavisavi, Fiji, relates what happens when a community
is asked to leave their ancestral home due to climate change. The people of
Vunisavisavi have been charged with “maintaining a watch over this site which is
Designer sacred to their heritage and that of their lord,” by their traditional leader.
Dick Lee
To move, as some of their kinsmen have already done, is far more than a physical
Contributors exercise. The community’s traditional obligations, history and spirituality is tied to
Nic Maclellan the land, and the bureaucracy that governs Fiji’s climate change relocation program
Kite Pareti cannot easily categorise or understand their unique situation.
Netani Rika
I hope Rika’s evocative report provokes some reflection for us nationally and
Rowena Singh
regionally, but also for the world’s biggest climate change emitters. The breadth of
Dionisia Tabureguci
climate change costs is immense, and not always easily quantified.
Kaliopate Tavola
Sera Tikotikovatu-Sefeti
Also in this issue, we look at carbon-zero transport, key water and sanitation issues
ahead of the Pacific Water and Wastewater Association conference, America’s
engagement in the region and more.
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