Consuming Ocean Island Jane Mather Each discovery led to a

Each discovery led to a surge in mountain tourism and interest in the mountains and their indigenous highlanders

two infants

and the theories underpinning them

as well as some wild and adventurous tracks that few know exist

with minimal mess and fuss

Consuming Ocean Island Jane Mather Each discovery led to aThe Banaban experience offers insight into the plight of other island peoples facing forced migration as a result of human impact on the environment. Consuming Ocean Island tells the story of the land and people of Banaba, a small Pacific island, which, from 1900 to 1980, was heavily mined for phosphate, an essential ingredient in fertilizer. As mining stripped away the islands surface, the land was rendered uninhabitable, and the indigenous Banabans