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Nauru - Opportunity in loss

2008; CSIRO Publishing; Volume: 14; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1071/pc080238

2204-4604

Sascha Feary,

Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

The nation of Nauru lies 72 km south of the equator in the Pacific Ocean. Until the discovery of phosphate deposits on the island at the beginning of the 19th century Nauru was covered in dense tropical rainforest which was tended in a traditional form of agroforestry by the indigenous Naumans, From the forest came fruits such as pandanus, fibre, and timber such as the Tomano or Pacific Mahogany. Aquaculture was performed in the Buada Lagoon, fish, such as tuna were caught from the steep ring reef, and Noddy birds were caught as they came in from the ocean to roost in the evenings,