#masig island

[quotesfrommyreading]

If the loss-and-damage fund are skimpy, communities and nations will likely seek restitution for their losses through national and international courts. An early test case began in 2015, when a Peruvian farmer sued the German energy giant RWE. The farmer, Saúl Luciano Lliuya, says his home is at risk of being washed away by meltwater from a glacier, and he wants the company to pay 0.47 percent of his adaptation costs, on the basis of a study that attributes that fraction of emissions to the company’s activities. RWE has denied culpability, and the case is ongoing. In an example of targeting nations rather than companies, Indigenous people from four low-lying Australian islands—Boigu, Poruma, Warraber and Masig—submitted a petition to the UN Human Rights Committee arguing that the country had done little to stop the climate change threatening their homes. In September, the committee agreed, ordering Australia to compensate the islanders for their losses.

But legal action might actually be a best-case scenario for the West. Poor, debt-ridden countries struggling with a climate crisis do not make for a stable globe. In 2021, a U.S. Department of Defense report on climate change warned that “the physical and social impacts of climate change transcend political boundaries, increasing the risk that crises cascade beyond any one country or region.” People who lose homes and livelihoods to climate-caused disasters will do what they can to improve their situation. As far back as 1995, the Bangladeshi dignitary Atiq Rahman warned, “if climate change makes our country uninhabitable, we will march with our wet feet into your living rooms.” Hundreds of millions of people may be displaced by 2050.

Mass migrations, resource scarcity, and poverty can lead to global conflicts. No country, no matter how rich, can build a seawall high enough to keep out that kind of chaos. If rich countries cannot be moved to lavishly fund the loss-and-damage bucket by appeals to justice, perhaps they will be moved by what has long been a more reliable motivating force: fear.

  —  The West Agreed to Pay Climate Reparations. That Was the Easy Part

[bumblebeeappletree]

A UN committee sided with Torres Strait Islanders who sued the Australian government for not protecting them from climate change. 8 Indigenous residents and their children who live on the Torres Strait Islands—including Boigu, Poruma, Warraber, and Masig—said that Australia’s failure to adapt to climate change and to adopt measures to mitigate it is harming their livelihoods and way of life. The UN committee is now asking Australia to provide compensation to the Islanders and to protect the communities in the future by consulting them and taking measures to ‘continue securing the communities’ safe existence on their respective islands.’

#Earth #Environment #ClimateCrisis #NowThis

[zacefronews]

dylanefron: One of our last and most memorable days filming Down to Earth Season 2.

To see more from our time shared with the people of Masig Island- watch the “Torres Strait” episode, it’s one of my favorites! #netflix #downtoearth #bts

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this New York Times article:

Every weekend, Yessie Mosby visits the sandy, washed-out graves of his ancestors to gather their scattered bones. Their shallow burial place, just yards from the shore of Masig Island, north of mainland Australia, has been eroded by rising seas.

“Other parents around the world go to the beach with their kids and pick up shells,” Mr. Mosby, 37, a craftsman and father of five, said as he moved fragments of his sixth great-grandmother’s bones to a spot beneath a coconut tree. “We pick up remains.”

The lives of the people here are tied to the island, one of 18 spits of earth in the Torres Strait inhabited by Indigenous Australians. It holds the histories of those who came before; it protects and nourishes. But as climate change pushes the tides ever higher, these islands, and their ancient culture, are at risk of vanishing.

So Mr. Mosby, and seven other Torres Strait Islanders, are taking action.

In a landmark claim to be submitted on Monday at the United Nations, they argue that Australia, by failing to take adequate steps to reduce carbon emissions, has violated their fundamental human rights, including the right to maintain their culture.

The action is part of a burgeoning movement in which litigants, including a group of 21 young people in the United States, have made the novel argument that governments face a fundamental duty to ensure a livable environment.

But the Australians’ argument is the first to seek the weight of the United Nations behind such a climate claim, and it could set a precedent for how the populations most vulnerable to the effects of global warming can seek redress under international law.

While the United Nations cannot force Australia to take action, those leading the case say they hope it will apply pressure on governments around the world to protect the rights of marginalized citizens whose culture is tethered to a particular place, and for whom dispossession could reignite the trauma of colonization.

[munispeaks]

Groundbreaking decision creates pathway for climate justice on Torres Strait Islands — Global Issues

Groundbreaking decision creates pathway for climate justice on Torres Strait Islands — Global Issues

The Committee issued its ground-breaking decision after examining a joint complaint filed by eight Australian nationals and six of their children – all indigenous inhabitants of Boigu, Poruma, Warraber and Masig, four small, low-lying islands in the country’s Torres Strait region. The Islanders claimed their rights had been violated as Australia failed to adapt to climate change through upgrading…

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Manu Mosby (11) and Tyrell Gela (14) swimming off the beach on Masig Island, part of the Torres Strait Islands. For thousands of years Torres Strait islanders have lived and practiced their culture on a small cluster of islands between mainland Australia and Papua New Guinea. Now these low lying islands are under siege from rising water levels threatening their homeland. The lives and culture of Torres Strait islanders is tied to these islands. If this land vanishes, so does their ability to practice their culture. “In a landmark claim, a group of Torres Strait Islanders argue that Australia, by failing to act on climate change, has violated their human rights. Taking the fight to the UN, they are calling on Australia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to help fund seawalls and other infrastructure.” New work for @nytimes with @liviaar #climatechange #globalwarming #erosion #torresstrait #qld #UN #Australia #environment #climateaction #nature #islandlife #culture #masig #boigu via Instagram http://bit.ly/2JkDq4e

[ghostzali2011]

SPORTOURISM - Sidang ke-12 Komite Warisan Budaya Takbenda UNESCO yang berlangsung di Jeju Island, Korea Selatan pada Kamis, (07/12), menetapkan usulan Indonesia, yakni Pinisi: Seni Pembuatan Perahu di Sulawesi Selatan (Pinisi: Art of Boatbuilding in South Sulawesi) ke dalam UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Bukan hanya sebagai perahu tradisional masyarakat yang tangguh, bagi wilayah kepulauan seperti Indonesia. Tapi juga tangguh pada pelayaran Internasional. Selain itu, Pinisi juga dikenal sebagai lambang teknik perkapalan tradisional negara Kepulauan.

Pinisi menjadi bagian dari sejarah dan adat istiadat masyarakat Sulawesi Selatan dan wilayah Nusantara lainnya. Pinisi pun mengacu pada sistem tali temali dan layar sekuner Sulawesi.

Ditetapkannya Pinisi: Art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi ke dalam Warisan Budaya Takbenda UNESCO, merupakan bentuk pengakuan dunia internasional terhadap arti penting pengetahuan akan teknik perkapalan tradisional yang dimiliki Indonesia dan diturunkan dari generasi ke generasi, kemudian terus dikembangkan hingga sampai ini.

Maka dari itu, dengan penetapan pinisi, Indonesia memiliki delapan elemen budaya dalam Daftar Warisan Budaya Takbenda UNESCO. Tujuh elemen yang terdaftar, yaitu Wayang (2008), Keris (2008), Batik (2009), Angklung (2010), Tari Saman (2011), dan Noken Papua (2012), dan Tiga Genre Tari Tradisional Bali (2015). Serta satu program Pendidikan dan Pelatihan tentang Batik di Museum Batik Pekalongan (2009).

Duta Besar Luar Biasa dan Berkuasa Penuh (LBBP) atau Wakil Tetap RI untuk UNESCO, Hotmangaradja Pandjaitan mengatakan, jika komunitas dan masyarakat menjadi bagian penting dalam pengusulan Pinisi ke dalam daftar ICH UNESCO, hal ini menjadi momentum yang dapat dimanfaatkan secara bersama-sama oleh pemerintah pusat dan daerah serta komunitas.

Selain itu, sekaligus memberikan perhatian lebih dalam pengelolaan Warisan Budaya Takbenda di wilayahnya masing-masig. Khususnya untuk pengembangan pengetahuan, teknik dan seni warisan budaya tak benda yang perlu dilestarikan di tanah air pada umumnya, seperti pembuatan perahu tradisional Pinisi ini.

Bersama dengan terpilihnya Pinisi masuk dalam kategori Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, diinskripsi juga antara lain, Organ Craftsmanship and music dari Jerman, Kumbh Mela, Festival keagamaan terbesar dari India yang dilaksanakan 12 tahun sekali; Art of Neapolitan Pizzaiuolo dari Italy dan Traditional System of Corongo’s water judges dari Peru.

via SPORTOURISM.ID

[zacefronews]

zacefron: Only take what is needed and live with a generous spirit— to be more, one must give more.

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Lessons i’ve learned from the people of Masig Island.