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Fiji's Serua Island residents refuse relocation despite rising seas

Original: On Fiji's tiny climate-threatened Serua Island, residents soak in one of the reasons they have rejected attempts to relo

Residents of Serua Island in Fiji are refusing government-backed attempts to relocate their village despite severe climate threats, citing the island's so-called "$100 million views" as one reason to stay. The small community faces rising seas and erosion, but attachment to ancestral land and the island's beauty keeps them resisting relocation plans, highlighting tensions between climate adaptation policy and cultural ties.

Why now: Climate-driven relocation debates are ongoing in the Pacific, and residents' emotional refusal to leave ancestral land draws attention

Serua IslandFijiThe Japan Times

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• On Fiji's tiny climate-threatened Serua Island, residents soak in one of the reasons they have rejected attempts to relocate their village — the "$100 million views." https://www. japantimes.co.jp/environment/2… · thejapantimes · 3

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