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This year\u00a0World Environment Day<\/a> (5th June 2014) focusses on the world’s most\u00a0vulnerable\u00a0islands. As the climate warms and polar ice caps\u00a0melt, rising sea levels are threatening these beautiful low-lying paradises. Some island populations are already having to move to higher ground, and governments are trying to buy land in other countries to migrate their citizens. Here are some of the islands whose futures hang\u00a0in the balance:<\/p>\n

Tuvalu, Pacific Ocean (age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n

\"fishing<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Solomon Islands, South Pacific (Louise Murray\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Aerial<\/a><\/p>\n

Maldives, Indian Ocean (Sakis Papadopoulos\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Aerial<\/a><\/p>\n

Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean (Andre Seale\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Marshallese<\/a><\/p>\n

Palau, Micronesia, Western Pacific Ocean (Tony Waltham\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Seventy<\/a><\/p>\n

Papua New Guinea, Pacific Ocean (Michael Runkel\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Young<\/a><\/p>\n

Fiji, Pacific Ocean (Robert Francis\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Aerial<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Cook Islands, South Pacific (Robert Harding Productions)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Silhouette<\/a><\/p>\n

Kiribati, Micronesia (Douglas Peebles\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Christmas<\/a><\/p>\n

Tonga, Pacific Ocean (Marka\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"oceania,<\/a><\/p>\n

Vanuatu, Pacific Ocean (Michael Runkel\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Tourist<\/a><\/p>\n

Read more about World Environment Day and the threatened\u00a0islands here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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