Palau: The Vanishing Nation | UPROXX Reports
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- Palau is one of Earth's few untouched nations. Tragically, due to climate change, most people may never get to see its majestic beauty.
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Praying for you Palau, your Filipino brother and sisters love you ♥
Omg. Don’t fall for their crap - they have outlawed fishing and now sharks are everywhere
@@abby402 we outlawed COMMERCIAL fishing.
I don't think it's because of this video but now Palau is becoming over-touristy. They get almost 6 times their own population every year in tourism.
My boyfriend is from Palau and he’s always talking about how he’s sad his island might not be there anymore one day.
Such a beautiful island.... wish people were more thoughtful about taking care of our world ❤️ it does so much for us we should show the same love back
I think the island be aaaight. Nothing to worry about. Have him take you there, have a nice time, meet his family, and 3njoy. It's beautiful.
He's a lucky man to have such a beautiful island and lover...
Don't worry nothing is going to be happen soon
When stating Palau is in the front lines of climate change, please show specific examples of this change. Helps to support the argument. I believe you showed fish and some aerial shots of small islands.
She did..... because of climate change... the waters are devouring islands.... you can’t show the water rising because that would be like a 10 year project...
JimCTSCLO, sorry this is months after your initial question.... But if you listen to the September 26, 2018 United Nations General Assembly speech of the president of Palau, Tommy Remengesau (who is featured in this short video), you can learn about the examples of what he and Palau are doing to address climate change. You can see the video of the president's UNGA speech here: gadebate.un.org/en/73/palau
The "fish and some aerial shots of small islands" you cite are mere evidence of a larger argument being promoted and work that is ongoing in Belau (Palau) and elsewhere to address the serious issues of climate change. Read, study, and try to understand what other peoples and nations are doing to address climate change rather than belittling the efforts made to support the work of preserving our environment and saving our planet.
There has not been any notable sea level rise in the last decade
Time to visit Palau...
As a Palauan, I don’t want our island to disappear.
What does Palau means in English?
@@randomviewers8482it is in English bro
My dad was born in Palau but he moved to America I wish he stayed in palau
Well the new president is an idiot.
Palat a little known Island paradise. Palav's bio diversity should be preserved and conserved.
God richly Bless Palau! You are blessed of God because of HIs great love for you and for your willingness to stand with Israel and the US decision to move embassy to Jerusalem. Bless you! Bless you! Bless you!
im from palau!!!
2:38 They captured their flag without even knowing it
you right
Actually the yellow on the flag represents the moon rather than the sun
if the palau will go under sea you guys can just live here in the philippines were neighbors dont be shy
You are so loving...Sulang.
The Philippines is ophir, it's the home of Noah and the garden of eden....
@@andyjohnson7408 lol stop that cringe
but let’s not hope they go under the sea
Sulang
Watching this video from nepal 🇳🇵
i live here in philippines and im going to surf from here to palau hahaha and someday i will build a brigdes to connect us from davao to palau coror
You are a blessing to all under the sky..Sulang.
Can you start it now? It's my dream to visit Palau...
U
🇵🇼Thank you😎👍
Palau is definitely affected by climate change and it is of great concern, but to say "The Vanishing Nation" that it could be under water in mere decades is a little much, let's be real. I really want the world to help us with our issues with climate change, so let's not cry "wolf" all the time.
I was born there I can speak it this how you say hello what are you doing Alii ke mekerang
Tommy the president of Palau is my uncle.
I’m missing home now
A charming video !!
Thanks heaps for this.
Palau my favourite part of America and one of the best US army bases in the Pacific
palau is no longer a part of america
No US military on Palau, army or otherwise.
IM FROM MINDANAO PHILIPPINES MY UNCLE AND RELATIVE ENTER TO PALAU EASILY THEY'RE About live 5 years and more than My relatives are fisher man suddenly they found Palau The people of palau is the most hospitaly they accpt my uncle easily Acceptance But now my uncle and relatives can't enter PALAU PEOPLE AND My tribes are relative MY TRIBE PALAU MEANS MOUNTAIN the means Is the "MOUNTAIN FAR AWAY" THE PALAU PEOPLE AND AND PILIPINO HAS RELATIVE
THATS WERE MY GRANDMA LIVE
You are just an amazing woman, Christina..
18% are Filipinos
@Vince Baleto 😅
My home land. 🥺🥺🥺
Pray 4 u Palao❤🙏
but in the geological history, we,re literally have up and down sea level change :(
so sad about this
All speculation. America could completely implode because of a mad man at "helm." I never live in the, "what if, only if, I wish I had" conditionals. It's gorgeous. If it vanishes for some "odd" reason (as theorists are claiming), it vanishes.
🇵🇼🇵🇼🇵🇼🇵🇼🇵🇼
I thought the President was Filipino. wow.
coz palauan ancestors also came from Ph, so I guess that explains👌
How?
@Vince Baleto * I was just talking about the resemblance that dude was also talking... I'm not talking about filipinos, geez get your words right, you're making a fool of yourself😕 *
@Vince Baleto why you even put "pagpag" when you don't hit the point of question, no relevance, you really are trying so hard😂
@Vince Baleto oh my gosh😑 It was Datu's comment not mine, I just replied and stated my opinion...
EVERYONE need to reading it because it's very helpful.
It will remain there centuries long. be calm and enjoy the life
I live in Palau
Um sonho! ❤️
Alii :)
Excellent
Daijob? Olay we got this
I’m from palau
I think they need to focus on actually cleaning out the islands first. Islands like Peleliu, Ngesebus and Anguar in southern Palau are littered with millions upon millions of munitions left from the fierce battles there in ww2. People are getting blown up from them and marine life is getting poisoned.
While you may be right about the munition remnants, I doubt there are millions and millions of them. I also don't believe people are getting blown up by them.
@@temarikel8674 According to post war statisticians, during the battle of Peleliu, in accordance to ammunition stockpiled and unaccounted for afterward, it was estimated that 13.32 million .30-calibre rounds, 1.52 million rounds of .45-calibre rounds and 693,657 rounds of .50-calibre rounds were fired by US Marines and Soldiers along with 1,845 14inch shells, 1,793 500lb bombs and 519 16inch shells all fired by both Naval vessels, Naval aviators and Marine aviators. Furthermore, 118,262 grenades were used as well as 150,000 mortar rounds. This is only a statistic for US fighting forces and does not even begin to account for the rounds fired by the 10,900 man Japanese garrison who fought on the island or the several hundred Japanese who landed during the battle. I think from these figures it's safe to assume that there are in fact millions of munitions, large and small, still on Peleliu.
I should also note that the munitions threat does indeed affect the population of Peleliu, however, it's likely that this was more of an issue earlier on. “The greatest concentration, a result of fighting between U.S. and Japanese forces in 1944, still threatens the civilians living on the island of Peleliu,” U.S. State Department official Jerry Guilbert told FORUM.“From 2009 to 2018, the United States invested more than U.S. $3.5 million in conventional weapons destruction in Palau.” Another article published by the Australian Government and AusAID states; "In Palau, UXOs threaten locals during their subsistence food gathering for land crabs and bats. They also threaten tourists and tourism operators who dock their dive boats directly above sites where 1000 pound bombs have been uncovered. Children in Palau have also been known to present live grenades with pins pulled out for school history projects."
Given the well documented fierceness of that battle, those stats are certainly reasonable. And I do agree the exposure of the locals to the munitions was likely more prevalent early on. Fast forward to today tho, I haven't seen anything to indicate the locals being injured from unexploded munitions, even before the recent cleanup effort you mentioned. With regards to the poisoning of marine life, you may be right, but it's still very hard to believe because you're talking about the southern portion of the archipelago. Probably over 90% of the tourist diving in all of Palau is done in these waters just to see what probably is in the top 5 richest marine biodiversity in the world. I'm more inclined to say the marine life is doing just fine.
@@temarikel8674 The Marine life isn't doing terribly, it's just that UXOs leak acid and eroded materials into some of the water supplies around Peleliu which can causes deadzones as was the case for many Pacific islands during ww2. This issue mostly resides in the mangrove swamps to the island's eastern half which is now somewhat dangerous to pass through because a lot of unexploded ordnance simply doesn't detonate in a swamp and because these swamps were both the site of a potential suicide patrol by the 5th Marines and a bivouac area for the 1st Marines, the area saw a lot of shelling. This ecosystem was home to some saltwater marine life but at this point some marine life spawning areas were moved to areas of lesser affected or more easily cleaned areas, the former being the channel between Peleliu and Ngesebus island to the north and the latter being the reef shelf off of White beach, hence why marine life as you mentioned is fine now, but have been greatly restricted to certain areas due to environmental destruction. As far as civilian injuries and deaths, I have only heard testimony from the people of Peleliu and vague reports from US and Australian ordnance clearing groups so I won't press that any further as there isn't any sufficient evidence for me to use.
@@liltoaster7308 with that we certainly agree. The locals seem to be concentrated more towards the NW portion of Peleliu where it's safer. Of course it's less swampy so it's easier to build homes on that side. Thanks for the knowledge. Interesting discussion. BTW, I always thought it was Ngedebus, not Ngesebus.
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ZAC TDL 😂💀 bradddd 🤙🏽
Thats my home!
Belau our island! :)
Jack Frost, your home is actually the North Pole.
palau was my grandfather's town
like how its spelled
Do you people speak Tagalog??
It is really sad bc us Pacific Islanders barely contribute to global warming but are the ones that are suffering the most from the climate change smh.. It’s been years after this video was made and boy things have gotten so much worst 😭
That president is speaking like a filipino accent. I have a filipino friend too that have a same accent as him. 😁
You went only to palau? Since youre already in the micronesia, why not go to all of the islands of micronesia? Palau is not the only micronesian country facing climate change, in fact ALL OF OUR ISLANDS ARE FACING CLIMATE CHANGE .. ALL MICRONESIAN ISLANDS !
Because Palau is unique. Lol
what is best month going in Palau ?
December
Sriracha dolphin thanks !
Anytime, Palau only has one season, summer.
Amen. Christ is there
Go away freak there is no such thing as Christ
God promise bros! I have never been on any aeroplane during my entire life time due to financial crisis but me always dreaming & thinking to ride once in my lifetime on any aeroplane once after getting blessings from my viewers help and support on youtube by learning by doing! God knows when this great dream will come true! I am ashamed of myself & so sorry to say this..............sorry!!!
"Forests and the Oceans are the Cinderella of Climate Change".
I'm Palauan :)
Can you tell me more about your nation?
Lol me too bro
Wow that's nice!
Same! born in saipan but both parents are palaun. Was raised there till i was 12.
Welcome to my country Alii belau
See my channel for other films on Palau's Marine Sanctuary.
meanwhile most of the ppl in my community can't be bothered to recycle, smh
TheKingweston89 what?
Yeah those people need to be put down
Ain't nobody got time for that!
Omg. They won’t be under water!!!!!!
its bad , a lot of low lying lands are getting affected by seawater, but to say it will be under water is just not true
HOW IS IT IN TROUBLE U GUYS JUST GOT THERE AND IVE LIVED THERE FOR 4 YEARS WHAT DO YOU GUYS ONOW ABOUT PALAU
did you pay attention, dumb ass.....Palau is sinking, the water levels are rising
4 years. Bruh your not even local
@@Daichikish easy killer. Don't believe the hype
We are out people
And an englishman is there of course
We British are everywhere, don’t you know?
It used to be a US territory. Don’t know why they ceceded! The US would have helped them now. Hope it still does 🙏🏼
It is not a U.S territory
Its Not US territory but Compact of free Association with US..and yes we still get help from them.
Im from palau I have swam with sharks
What's their local dialect?
Why tf is there only 3 comments?
I livemin palau
I am Indonesian, but I just learned that there is a Palau country near Indonesia
Home 💙💛😍
maybe if she put a little less make-up, she would actually do something for the earth
Or less sunblock. Didn't Palau ban those?
Tôi là người Việt Nam! Đầu tiên bình luận
if the chinese can built islands , why cant Palau do it then.
Ok what's her name?
Christina from Uproxx
Why your surname not spanized like Philippines and guam
super man Spain never colonized Palau. Japan did
Palau WAS colonised by Spain. Spain, Germany, Japan, and USA colonised Palau. It's just that Spain colonised Palau for only a short time. Japan on the other hand took a while and that is why most Palauans, if not all, have japenese ancestors and have Japanese names and last names.
@Vince Baleto huh
@Vince Baleto 😒read his comment again bruh
@Vince Baleto 🙄omg wathever don't mind me
raja ampat & labuan bajo in indonesia you know
Hi
IF!!!
just so you know this is the place where they burn pirate boats
So you've heard about the consequences of illegal fishing in our waters
I wish we could do more that burn them😈it's so much fun
they are poachers not pirates. we keep the pirate ships for movie purposes
I heard it in the news too, Barco quemado. Oh sorry, Plato quemado. Couldn't help myself 🤣
When in the history of planet earth has climate NOT changed?
Empty hotels, idyll boats and shuttered travel, what happens when a Pacific Island upsets China.
that did not make sense whatsoever
Palau upset the Chinese government so their tourists' have been coerced to not visit Palau.
Tube Industries News Network Palauans did not want the Chinese to go there with such a big amount... they step on corals and kill our sharks... now some countries do this, but mostly chinese
They ruin our Philippine sea too
Idle boats and shuttered travel is true. But Chinese tourists were more trouble than they were worth. Good riddance.
Do you actually live in a reality where you think those islands are going to be underwater? You need new meds.
This is just parainoia.The islands are hill. They won't sink as fast as the flat ones. And even if they do, they'll reemerge eventually
you're a shit bag
Dick head if it sinks I don't want any white people taking our land when it reemerges and especially if they come up with some bullshit beliefs to tell their children WHEN IT COMES BACK IDGAF IF USA SAYS OH WELL WE ARE ALLIES SO GIVE US ALL YOUR ISLAND back AGAIN. fuck the islands preserve palaun beliefs, history, language and traditions. don't let new generations change anything!!!
@@Daichikish easy killer!
Go get educated
Why this country not join to ASEAN continental instead of oceania, I mean they are closer to any ASEAN country
hmmmmmmmm because its an island in the Pacific and its in the oceanic region
Asian*
Because we want to be independent
It is an associated state with the United States which means they get social benefits and military protection.
Can someone tell me if the President is a Filipino? He sounded one!
No his not. He is a pure Palauan. :)
Nope his Palau 😁
I'm pretty certain Palauans are a mix of Filipino and Polynesian. I've head Filipinos say that Palauans look like Filipinos.
Fuck no....
We ain't Filipino
Let me make it clear...
Palau and Philippines are in the same side of the world...
But we are not the same people
We are independent nation
And are own people....
Don't be mistaken Palawan in Philippines with Palau....
Coz you are wrong.....
Get your facts right instead of assuming that we are one nation......wow.... People are just......wow...
This is Palau Philippines our traditional the same them! STILL THIS IS A PART OF PHILIPPINES CORAL SEA!!
This is not part of the philipines girl!!
Our traditions are totally not the same as yours. Very, very different. We only share the same sea, that's it.
sounds like you slept through geography class? Republic of Palau. means independent island nation. and most definitely not part of the Philippines keep dreaming.
12 All those that you follow in the religions have no mandate from God. God did not send them. A king can send his servant to go and call his wife who is on a journey. But this does not give everyone the right to go and call the king's wife. If you do so, you will be asked, "Sir, by which mandate do you speak to the queen?" And the sentence is hanging.
13 And all of you, leaders of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Shintoism, Sikhism, Confucianism and Taoism, on which date, in which language, where and how did God speak to you to send you? In which appearance did God appear to you? I that speak to you, when an audible voice speaks to me, I know if that voice is the one of the Lamb of April 24, 1993 or not.
14 The Word of God comes only to a prophet. And therefore, a ghost voice cannot say to an Ephesian 4, on April 2, 1962, "My servant, I give you three keys… Your time is over in this city". And in this time of scams, can an unknown voice say to you, "Honey, where did you put the key of the bedroom?" and you will tell him where you put the key? When scammers send you emails, text messages or call you, you are careful, but when it comes to Salvation, it doesn't mean anything to you because you are children of Satan.
15 All your religious leaders have heard voices without seeing the author of those voices. Your imams, khalifs, pastors, rabbis, monks, and sâdhus are all scammers. Every prophet in the Bible saw a person. Isaiah 6:1 says, "In the year of the death of king Uzziah, I saw the Lord sitting upon a very high throne;" Jeremiah 1 says, " Jehovah spoke to me and put forth his hand and touched my mouth…" But what about your religious leaders? They are all scammers.
16 And when your religious leaders say to you, "A voice said to me…", you are afraid to ask them where that voice comes from because you are children of the devil and Salvation after death means nothing to you. But all the children of God among you will come to me.
If it's true you still palauan in Philippines your welcome here..
Fearmongering clown show. Six years later and the land mass of Palau is exactly the same as it was when then was filmed.
dont spread this BS, a study done by Auckland university showed over 4 years TUVALU land grew by 27%
Total BS
Late century Palau is island part of Philippine. Forgotten territory
enjoy it now, because in near decades, this will be all underwater.
Bullshit.
Learning about Palau is cool, but the propaganda here is a waste of time. Dislike!
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