Pacific Islands Forum

Equality’s society vs usa Have you ever wondered what it's like to live in a society that is the opposite of the U.S? Well in the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, there is a society that was completely swallowed into the deep dark part of communism. There are many things that could be said about the two societies but here are the few that differentiate the U.S and Equality’s society the most; These reasons being freedom, their jobs, and Equality. Here are the list of reasons that differentiate…

Do the coastal defences at Dawlish Warren have a significantly larger impact on coastal processes than at Slapton Sands? Throughout this independent enquiry I will be examining the structure and location of the majority of the coastal defences at two drift aligned depositional landforms on the South Devon coastline; Dawlish Warren (the geographer online)1 and Slapton Sands (Chadwick et al, 2005)2. In particular, the success of the defences placed at these two landforms will be compared by…

Problem Statement: How can U.S. Fisheries prevent or decrease the harm to the ecological environment from overfishing of tuna fish? Background: The United States is overfishing the Atlantic coast with a variety of new-age fishing methods, which has destroyed and will continue to further damage our ocean’s ecological systems. Since the 21st century began, industrial fishing off the Unites States’ coasts have drastically changed in their methods to provide citizens of this country with a…

Muriwai is on the west coast of the Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is due west of the Hauraki Gulf on the east coast and about mid-way between the entrances to the Auckland harbour (north) and the Manukau harbour (south). Maori Bay (to the south) is separated from Muriwai Beach and Otakamiro Point, with its steep cliffs and rocky nesting areas. The environment under study is about 3km long, from the Okiritoto stream in the north to Maori Bay in the south. Muriwai Coastal…

through the deep, dangerous, and open waters of the Pacific before discovering and settling in the modern-day Hawaii, Marquesas Islands, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Eastern Australia. Technically, the Polynesia navigation is the navigation system that was used by the Polynesians in making their…

designer clothes. However you keep flipping through the pages and see this beautiful resort with a beautiful view of the sunset setting behind one of the islands. Out of excitement you flip to the next page and immediately start reading the article. It says: Hawaii is a chain of islands far from the USA, off the coast of Mexico. However the islands have beautiful scenery, and amazing resorts. Hawaii is one of the most popular vacation spots because if you chose to take a hike on a volcano, or…

winds lead him off his route and took him and his ship all the way to the north american coast. Leif and his crew came in on the labrador Peninsula to, what is now, present day Canada. Soon after, the vikings sailed farther south to end up on the island of Newfoundland, and maybe to present day present day New England. When Eriksson landed, he ended up in a coastal area known as Vinland. Leif stayed, however, the vikings left just a couple years later due to constant threats of Native Americans.…

The Pacific Northwest was once full of an abundance of untapped resources, it was barely populated and was the definition of a hinterland. As the Pacific Northwest started to become known and resources started to become majorly exploited and shipped, we slowly become what we are now, not a hinterland. After all the overuse and misuse of the land we are not and will never hinterland again. The definition of a hinterland is defined as parts of the country that is less developed and…

Introduction Humpback whales live in fission-fusion societies (Rendella 2001: 311). Through test of DNA haplotypes, maternal migration traditions have been identified to guide migration route (Rendella 2001:313). Humpback calves, at first, follow their mothers to learn the migration paths between breeding and feeding grounds (Rendella 2001: 313).Yet, the most interesting and contested ideas about Humpback whether or not they have culture. The use of their songs, and their feeding…

Plastic is a highly-used consumer product that has become increasingly detrimental to the environment, specifically Earth’s oceans and freshwater ecosystems. Plastic products that are not properly recycled can end up in landfills; as plastics sit in a landfill they become compressed amongst other layers of garbage, when rainwater flows through the landfill, the water absorbs the water-soluble compounds in the layers of plastic, some ow which are highly toxic, creating a harmful strew called…