Micronesia (Federated States of)

There is a refugee crisis brewing in an island nation that covers a patch of the Pacific Ocean the size of Western Europe and absolutely no one is reporting on it.

Gachpar, Yap State: Portion of the village coastal and inland is mostly mangroves and swamp areas used for taro plantation. The area is about 4,000 feet in length and about 10,000 feel in diameter. The coastal is covered with mangrove plants of different kinds and naturally used for fish breeding grounds. Inland is taro plantation for the village and for individual family.

It bothers me to constantly hear and see from media around the world and from leading experts on this topic talking about the early signs and impact of the global concern on small islands and its people as if the island(s) are like a ship tightly tied down on both ends to a strong fixed object during low tide and when the tide rises, the water level increases and eventually pour into the ship, thereby rendering abandonment.

Aloha,