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Umang Matanhelia 1011672
Abhishek lunia 1011603Aayush Agarwal 1011602
Vedant kejrewal 1011638
Raunak kejrewal 1011627
Shreyans parakh 1011630
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Pacific Island- Map
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Introduction
30,000 islands in total. Pacific islands is divided into-
1) Micronesia- Palau, Guam. Covering
2000 islands
2) Melanesia- Fiji, Soloman islands.
About 200 different languages arespoken
3) Polynesia- Hawaii, Tahiti
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History
Colonization by Europeans-1)It lead to violence and deception.
2)Disruption in their culture
Forced to learn western culture,language, clothing and pay homage.
Skilled in construction, buildings andcloth making, politics.
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Groupings
Micronesia- 3,52,000 people. Sevenpolitical entities. The term refers tosmall size of islands.
Melanesia- 5.5million people. Theterm got its name from the dark colorskin of inhabitants. It has six political
entities. Polynesia- 5,30,000 people. Twelve
political entities. The term means
many islands.
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The Early Age
Colonization by U.S., and spread ofdiseases as measles and influenza.
Post world war II- medical facilitiesimproved and decolonization and thenthe population again started to rising.
Pacific countries tend to be highlydependent on natural resources for theirlivelihood, and resource.
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Economy
Treaty with US to foster private sectorbusiness, open opportunities for tradeand investment.
Treaty with Australia and NewZealand for nuclear free zone.
Law of the sea.
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Joined organizations like South PacificForum, South Pacific Regional Trade,South Pacific island Fishery Agency
etc.
Tourism also provide a major source
of income
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Aid dependence.
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Characteristics of theseislands Though open to other countires
economically, politcally they are stilllimited by fragmentation of colonial
past. English and Samaon are most
common languages.
Formal governmental structure copied
from western parliamentary practice. Families being controlled by clan
chiefs who earn by farming bananas,
yams and taro.
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UN decolonization policy has providedindependence to all islands but theyare so small that true ecnomic
independence in modern world willnever be possible.
Art festivals and sports competitions
are a regular feature of island life. 22.
Stagnant Economic Growth,
population and Poverty.
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Problems in Current scenario
Exports products like minerals andcoffee, tea, cocoa, sugar and coconutinstead of value added products.
Profit from fish catch goes toTaiwanese, Japanese, Korean fleetsthat ply in Pacific.
Tourism profits largely end up in thehands of multinational hotel owners.
Airlines expenditures go into the
hands of colonized countries.
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Challenges
Cultures lost and the people havebecome a minority leading to loss oflanguage. Ex Fiji is now populated
by more immigrants from India. Inhabitants from these regions
emigrate to Australia U.S. damages to
social fabric. People from these regions find
themselves into illegal activities like
selling drugs and joining gangs.
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Islands are prone to a number of crimesand suicides.
WHO reported alarming increase in AIDSwith an alarming 500percent increase from
1989-1994. Susceptibility to Natural Disasters The
Pacific Island region is vulnerable toextreme weather events.
Schooling is not adequately equippingchildren with the basic skills needed topursue further studies/training.
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THE FUTURE OF THE PACIFIC
WAY
Islands have a rich heritage andculture.
the primary goals are social adequacythrough quality education in itsbroadest sense, and economic self-
reliance.
Islands culture is depended on identity
shaped and preserved by isolation
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Maintain a balance between securityissues and economic viability.
Compete in current globalizedsituation through Agreements such asthe Pacific Agreement on CloserEconomic Relations (PACER) and the
Pacific Island Countries Tradeagreement(PICTA).
To fight against its slow pace
development.