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Fiji's Serua Island residents refuse relocation despite climate threat
Original: On Fiji's tiny climate-threatened Serua Island, residents soak in one of the reasons they have rejected attempts to relo
On Serua Island in Fiji, a village threatened by rising seas and climate change, residents have rejected government and aid-backed attempts to relocate them inland. Their attachment to customary land, homes and the island's famous ocean views — jokingly called "$100 million views" — keeps them rooted despite mounting environmental risk.
Why now: The story highlights the tension between climate adaptation policy and communities' deep cultural ties to ancestral land.
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