French Polynesia

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by Alexa Murillo2 views·Updated May 6, 2022
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  1. Hi,
  2. my name is Alexa and I will be talking about
  3. the rising sea level that is affecting Prince Panis is significantly
  4. for some island background,
  5. I included a map of french Polynesia as it has all the
  6. archipelagos listed in it,
  7. french Polynesia has an overseas country attached to France
  8. is halfway between California and Australia.
  9. On this map, you can see that there are five archipelagos.
  10. They're called society to moto
  11. marquesas,
  12. Gambhir
  13. and Ostro's.
  14. It is approximately the size of europe.
  15. The capitalist papito
  16. on Tahiti.
  17. Tahiti is known
  18. for their over water bungalows. As pictured here in their clear blue water lagoons.
  19. The total population of French Honeys is 280,000,
  20. as of 2021. According to the World Bank,
  21. It is home to 78% Polynesian people, 12% Chinese,
  22. 6% local French and 4% metropolitan French.
  23. With french being the main language. Of course. According to index menu dot com
  24. fries and cheese.
  25. The rising sea level.
  26. According to the National Geographic can be defined as
  27. an increase of the level of the world's oceans
  28. due to the effects of global warming.
  29. As water becomes warmer, it expands and rises worldwide
  30. Because of this. Studies show that if sea levels rose by only one m,
  31. that France would lose 6% of its islands
  32. french Polynesia and New Caledonia being the worst.
  33. 2/3 of the island's submerged would be in these countries slash territories,
  34. how will this affect the french Polynesians.
  35. If sea levels rise and the risk of their economy will go up
  36. french Polynesia relies on tourism heavily to run their economy.
  37. The rise in sea level
  38. can make the island more dangerous as
  39. has to have an unpredictable weather and
  40. bigger storm surges
  41. more closer to land,
  42. making the island
  43. dangerous at certain times of the year.
  44. If not year round,
  45. this weather changed.
  46. We hit the tourism district as tourists frequently
  47. checked the best times to travel to these islands
  48. if they are experiencing random
  49. weather attacks and surges and
  50. then tourists will not come back as the weather is too unpredictable.
  51. On top of that,
  52. unpredictable weather can drive away the marine life that live in the lagoons.
  53. That is so appealing to the tourists.
  54. The rise in sea level can create the snowball effect listed here.
  55. If it affects the weather, then it affects the tourism
  56. and tourism could affect the people who profit off of it and the
  57. people who need that profit like small businesses and locally owned places.
  58. If people are not getting the money from the tourist district,
  59. then they can't get money anywhere else
  60. that can lead to poverty and poverty will
  61. ultimately lead to malnourishment and people and Children.
  62. Places like your body and the marshall
  63. islands are already experiencing the sinking and
  64. relocation and dangerous weather.
  65. How long until french Polynesia will relocate its villages. The same way
  66. here is a picture of the marshall islands as experienced after a storm surge
  67. response. The response to this is
  68. In 2017. The idea of floating islands came into play
  69. according to jetsetter dot com,
  70. a California nonprofit c stating institute
  71. introduced the floating city project.
  72. A self sustaining community launched in 2020 to a stand rising sea levels
  73. According to the Guardian.
  74. They signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of French
  75. Polynesia to build the first city states in its territorial waters.
  76. Unfortunately,
  77. 2020 came and we learned that the Polynesians didn't like this idea.
  78. As the people in charge of the project wanted to build this as a way to get away
  79. from the government instead of help combat rising sea levels.
  80. Their intentions, as Polynesians would put were not genuine.
  81. Another way of combating this rise in sea level,
  82. which creates more flooding and disastrous weather
  83. as french Polynesia is prone to,
  84. is a study on n M D P i dot
  85. com called operationalization urban resilience to floods on island territories.
  86. Specifically, this study was done on french Polynesia
  87. in Tahiti.
  88. They found that
  89. it
  90. implementing more urban resilience to flooding
  91. may help combat
  92. the rise in sea level as they will teach people
  93. on french Polynesia how to deal with the change and flooding
  94. by providing knowledge on how to be resilient against it.
  95. The design and placement of infrastructures was a big issue,
  96. as many of them were in flooding areas and on coastal lines
  97. as well as residences that would be affected by it too.
  98. Mhm
  99. I have included two videos
  100. but
  101. and their links.
  102. The first video is showing what exactly a floating city would
  103. be like and how it would have helped french Polynesia.
  104. The second video is what urban resilience is and how it can help
  105. in the future and what it has done now to help countries.
  106. Okay.
  107. Thank you. That is all.