One People One Reef

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A new generation of “flying cameras” is providing a community-led tool to document high-resolution images that support stewardship of islands and reefs in remarkable detail—from vegetation to ocean debris and everything in between. This allows communities to monitor data aligned with the project schedule and community needs. We can track changes in vegetation and the resulting impacts on fringing reefs. Sometimes, a new perspective starts in small hands holding big possibilities ✨📷⁠
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Earth Day is a reminder: protecting our planet starts with community, care, and knowledge. Together, we are one people, one reef 🌏️❤️⁠
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Inside the acoustics of a church on Mog Mog, the community gathers the youth to listen to the elders share their stories. ⁠
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This Storytelling Project came from the recognition by outer islanders, particularly on Ulithi Atoll, that the loss of the traditions of storytelling were linked to a loss of knowledge and social frameworks that were integral to environmental stewardship, social cohesion, interdependence and relationship foundations. ⁠
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It has resulted in a selection of seven of the many foundational myths of Ulithian culture, as told by elders from each of the four inhabited islands of Ulithi Atoll.

Link in bio/here: www. onepeopleonereefstorytellingproject.org