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Coverage dated May 31, 2024

Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea levels

Headline from Voice of America

Gunas who have grown up on Gardi Sugdub in a life dedicated to the sea and tourism will trade that for the mainland’s solid ground

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  1. Voice of America

    Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea levels (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Gunas who have grown up on Gardi Sugdub in a life dedicated to the sea and tourism will trade that for the mainland’s solid ground

  2. Valdosta Daily Times

    Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea level (opens Valdosta Daily Times)

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    Valdosta Daily Times's feed description

    The Gunas of Gardi Sugdub are the first of 63 communities along Panama’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts that government officials and scientists expect to be forced to relocate by rising

  3. PBS NewsHour

    Panama prepares to relocate Indigenous residents of island threatened by rising seas (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    The Gunas of Gardi Sugdub are the first of 63 communities along Panama’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts that government officials and scientists expect to be forced to relocate by rising sea levels in the coming decades.

  4. Washington Times

    Panama prepares to evacuate first island for risk of rising sea levels (opens Washington Times)

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    On a tiny island off Panama's Caribbean coast, about 300 families are packing their belongings in preparation for a dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who have grown up on Gardi Sugdub in a life dedicated to the sea and tourism will trade that next week for the mainland's solid ground.

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