On the right, there is a coral.

Aye.

Very unlikely, Joe would jump on a pristine coral reef, a virgin coral reef with lots of coral, sharks, crocodiles, manatees, groupers, turtles, etc.

On Nukunonu, the village occupies about half of one motu, which is connected by bridge to a neighbouring motu where some families have settled.

Also it is the third largest atoll in the world.

I'm an ecologist, mostly a coral reef ecologist.

Very unlikely, Joe would jump on a pristine coral reef, a virgin coral reef with lots of coral, sharks, crocodiles, manatees, groupers, turtles, etc.

Anyway, one tree is situated right next to a beautiful coral reef.

There's no coral, algae growing on it, and the water's pea soup.

Each atoll has a parent teacher association that helps to organize school activities.

So we had our own miniature rainforest, a private beach with a coral reef.

We've actually kind of made an ethical choice in society to not have coral reefs.

The taupulega is composed differently on each atoll.

If Joe jumped in a coral reef, there are many things the alien could see.

It's got living coral, fish all over the place, crystal clear water, and you go, How did that happen?

The northern part of the island is a high coralline limestone plateau and the southern region is mountainous.

The last two phenomena were a cause of special concern to Maldives, a country situated on a low lying coral atoll.

You take a glow gene out of a coral or a jellyfish and you stick it in a zebrafish, and, puff, they glow.

You take a glow gene out of a coral or a jellyfish and you stick it in a zebrafish, and, puff, they glow.

And actually most of the fish, they are a little spot on the debris, the piles of debris, were coral reef fish.

However, for a low lying atoll like the Marshall Islands the Framework Convention may have come too late.

The bottom is transformed from, in this case, a hard bottom or soft coral into a muddy mess.

And we started working on it, and we figured out we could tell the temperature of the ancient ocean from analyzing a coral like this.

In the meantime New Zealand is installing a Pan Pacific Education and Communication Experiment by Satellite (PEACESAT) link with each atoll.

39 Workshops on strengthening the work of the Island Women's Development Committees are being held for three atolls each year since the year 2003.

A second village has been established on a larger nearby motu, Fenuafala, where the school, the hospital and other facilities are located.

The General Fono consists of 15 representatives of each atoll chosen by its respective taupulega (Council of Elders).

The failantuhi (village clerks appointed by the taupulega of each atoll) keep records of meetings and transactions of the taupulega.

It is planned to reinforce the foundations of the units with coral material, provide adequate drainage facilities, lay walkways between the units and provide links between the walkways and the main roads of the compound.

But business as usual means that in 50 years, there may be no coral reefs and no commercial fishing, because the fish will simply be gone.

India has two archipelagos the Lakshadweep, coral atolls off India's south western coast and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a volcanic chain in the Andaman Sea.

Baker Island is an uninhabited atoll located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean about southwest of Honolulu.

The faipule of each atoll (see para. 22) also serves as its Commissioner, responsible for arbitrating and resolving disputes under local law.

The Tokelau Public Service Administration works closely with the Store Committee on each atoll to improve the management of the stores and to reduce the cost of goods.

The General Fono comprises nine representatives from each atoll chosen by its respective taupulega (Council of Elders), the principal organ of administration on each of the three atolls.

It is influenced by the presence of the Gulf Stream nearby, which warms both the water and the air, thus permitting the unique existence of coral animals in such northern latitudes.

Galapagos lies remote, 600 miles off the coast of South America astride the Equator a scattering of 13 main islands with more than 100 islets, rocks and reefs

History At the beginning of 2008 Jaime Gonzalez Canto and Jason deCaires Taylor began to create the plans for an Underwater Museum, which would be formed by nature into a coral reef.

22. The faipule are joint chairmen of the General Fono and represent each atoll in its dealings with the Administrator, the Official Secretary and the officers of the Tokelau Public Service.

On March 27, 1933, Japan left the League of Nations, but continued to manage the islands, and in the late 1930s began building air bases on several atolls.

We are island nations whose sustainable development requires healthy reefs, plentiful oceans, freedom from incursions by international terrorists, and meaningful educational and career opportunities for our children, who are leaving our islands in pursuit of both.

The Marshall Islands had a tiny land size (approximately 180 square kilometres), consisting predominantly of low lying atolls (averaging 2 metres above sea level).

In addition, it provided emergency and disaster relief totalling NZ 75,000 in 1991 92 ( NZ 5,000 to each atoll) following Cyclone Val in December 1991.

An international facility on a remote, uninhabited atoll of the Marshall Islands for the safe, permanent disposal of nuclear materials would, if technically feasible and politically acceptable, meet these requirements.

7. The Mission wishes to express its profound gratitude to the Ulu o Tokelau (highest authority of Tokelau), the faipule (elected heads of each atoll), pulenuku (village mayors) and the people of Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo for their full cooperation and warm hospitality.