FIJI is just shaking the bag to see if something else will come out.
Like all the islands all they want is MORE MONEY.
China is interested in getting control of these islands so they can build up a few of them and then establish a military base there.
And the sea level has not changed for years except when the tides come and go.
But Australia has offered the fruit picking olive branch to them. Why don't the Australian Aboriginies pick the fruit ?
Now before sea level rise Fiji and the Solomns' greatest worry is the Rhinoceros Beetle eating the coconuts.Damage from rhinoceros beetle worse than expected in Solomons9:59 am on 25 January 2019
Damage to coconut palms in Solomon Islands from the coconut rhinoceros beetle is much worse than earlier estimated, according to scientists.
Solomon Islands coconut palms killed by coconut rhinoceros beetle invasion. Nov 2018 Photo: AgResearch
Having spread from its initial invasion site in Honiara, a new variant of the beetle is threatening copra and palm oil production and livelihoods of villagers who depend on coconuts.
New Zealand research institute AgResearch Dr Trevor Jackson has been assisting Solomon Islanders respond to the problem.
He said it was much worse than we anticipated when the pest was first noticed in the Pacific around 10 years ago.
"We've seen areas where virtually all of the palms in an area have been destroyed by the beetle. So this has caused a total collapse in coconut production in those areas."
Dr Jackson said a virus previously released to bring the pest under control was no longer effective.
He said until a new control was found, efforts to stop the spread of the pest were intensifying in the Solomons.
Coconut rhinoceros beetle larvae,.Coconut rhinoceros beetle larvae,. Photo: AgResearch
Read on herehttps://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/380901/damage-from-rhinoceros-b...
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