Leila almost thought about pulling out of the project but overcame limited resources, illness, and being in a different country than the rest of her cohort.
Author: Leila Parina
Leila Parina is a final year student at the University of the South Pacific. She majors in sociology and journalism. She is from the coastal part of Papua New Guinea. Parina loves the ocean and the natural environment of the Pacific Islands. She is passionate about climate justice and social justice and tries to get involved with those important causes. She enjoys listening to K-pop and watching Korean dramas in her spare time.
An elder laments about loss of land in Papua New Guinea: ‘Climate change will not help bring my village back’
Mangroves disappeared after the riverbanks opened up, flooding is more frequent, and storms and rough seas wash away gravel and sand from beneath the village of Gabagaba.