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Pacific island Kiribati buys land in Fiji escape climate change
2014-07-01 13:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Kiribati has finalised the purchase of 20 sq km of land on Vanua Levu, a Fijian island, in order to give its people somewhere to grow food or to escape to, should the country continue to be affected by rising sea levels. Kiribatis president Anote Tong said, We would hope not to put everyone on [this] one piece of land, but if it became absolutely necessary, yes, we could do it. Negotiations between Kiribati and the Fijian government started back in 2012, when the president became increasingly...
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Vodafone sells Fiji stake for GBP 51 mln
2014-07-01 08:49:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Vodafone is exiting the Fiji market. The company agreed to sell its remaining 49 percent stake in Vodafone Fiji to the Fiji National Provident Fund for FJD 160 million (GBP 51 million). This gives the latter 79 percent of the company. Vodafone said it will continue a partner market agreement in Fiji. The company last reported 365,000 mobile customers in Fiji at the end of March.
Beseiged by rising tides of climate change, Kiribati buys land in Fiji
2014-07-01 02:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The people of Kiribati, a group of islands in the Pacific ocean particularly exposed to climate change, now own a possible refuge elsewhere. President Anote Tong has recently finalised the purchase of 20 sq km on Vanua Levu, one of the Fiji islands, about 2,000km away. The Church of England has sold a stretch of land mainly covered by dense forest for $8.77m. "We would hope not to put everyone on [this] one piece of land, but if it became absolutely necessary, yes, we could do it," Tong told the...
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Vodafone sells out of Fiji
2014-07-01 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
U.K. telco sells its stake in Fijian mobile operator but will retain presence through Partner Market deal.
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Fiji accuses global community abandon Pacific on climate change, singles out 'selfish' Australia
2014-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Fiji's interim prime minister Frank Bainimarama has accused the global community of abandoning Pacific island nations to "sink below the waves" instead of tackling climate change. Opening a regional summit, he singled out "selfish" Australia for criticism, saying there is "collective disappointment and dismay" in the Pacific at the failure to address climate change. "The rising sea levels caused by global warming threaten the very existence of some of our neighbours - Kiribati, Tuvalu and the Marshall...
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