Submitted by andrea on Thu, 2010-12-02 03:44
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Nestled in the foothills of Navua, lies the sleepy community of Togoru. This community has witnessed firsthand the rise of the seas and seen how it has taken over their cemetery and their land.

The shoreline extended more than 150 meters out towards the open sea until 1995 when the sea level started rising covering everything in its path and causing families to move inland. A cemetery, which is now part of the ocean, is evidence of sea level rise.

Foreigners and Environmentalists have been monitoring the rise of the sea level and the rapid erosion of the land in Togoru but so far nothing has been done to fix this problem.

— Justin Hickes & Valerie Chute