SMAC: Blog Post Part 2

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                                                                PG 420: Blog post 02

  By Kaylyn Kiwar                                      

 A visual journey through Madang’s Changing Coastline.

Madang province once known as the jewel in PNG’s tourism crown because of its rare beauty is now battling against the constant effect of the rising sea level. The continuous impact of the rising tide has resulted in destruction of food gardens by saltwater, affecting fresh drinking water sources, and off course the reclaiming of the land. The rising tide also resulted in social/cultural and economic impacts. For instance, in Riwo, the experience of land shortage has caused domestic violence, petty crime, alcoholism, and shortages of bush materials for building houses (Mc Kenna. et al., 2021).  With that being said, let us now take you all via a visual journey discovering what the rising tides has done to some of the many coastal places in the province.




Images showing a house in Malmal village on the verge of being washed away due to the rising tide and the eroded road side along the North Coast highway. (Downloaded images).  



Images showing eroding sites along the family beach and Machine gun.

 These images serves as proves for what the rising sea level has done to the livelihoods due to climate change. The challenges faced by the people due to climate change are seen and felt not only in Madang province but in many other parts of the globe as well. This has resulted in most island communities being exposed to high tides and flooding putting a lot of pressures on their livelihood (Lutz, 2017). In order adopt to the ever changing climate change effect there are several step that must be followed and facilitated by the provincial government such as:

·        The affected communities must be relocated meaning, the government should purchase land for them to resettle

·        Design and install sustainable water systems that can withstand climate change effect.

·        Mangroves must be planted along the coastal areas and third, and most importantly

·        Sea walls must be built to stop coastal erosion

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These are few important suggestions put in place for the government to take into considerations. Why? Because the rising sea level is a very serious issue that desperately needed to be addressed by the provincial government with the help and support from the impacted communities and the national government as a whole. Otherwise, the rising sea level is here to stay and it will continue to impact the lives of the people regardless of their status, title, name tag, whatever they possess, etc. Therefore, let’s stand together as one, unite and collaborate for more improved, safer and ever changing beautiful Madang where everyone feel safe and secure.

 

  Images showing machine gun and a few islands before the aftermath of the rising tides. (Images supplied online).

 

References:

Sumb, A. (2020). Assessing impacts of climate change on small businesses in the Madang lagoon area. https://www.dwu.ac.pg

Owen P, McKenna, David, M. Mushet, Samuel, R. Kucia, C. McCulloch, H. (2021, July 28). Limited shifts in the distribution of migratory bird breeding habitat density in response to future changes in climate. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Lutz, W. (2017, November 1). How population growth relates to climate change. https://www.pnas.org

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                 



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