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Donate nowForeign investors exploit cheap Vanuatu land
21 Apr 09
Source: 7.30 Report, ABC
Foreign investors, mostly Australian are snapping up dirt-cheap land leases in Vanuatu. In one village tensions are rising after a development company run by expat Australians cleared land right beside a world heritage listed area. Villagers say the developer is silencing them with threats of legal action, while their future goes for a song.
Coastine Efate, Vanuatu Photo: AID/WATCH
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Sedimentation from Marina Development
Maybe someone should check out the possible reef damage being caused by sediment coming off the coastal marina development at Undine Bay, not that far from the above development. The villagers down-current report severe impacts on their fish resources.