Rising sea levels are forcing Fiji's villagers to relocate. They want polluters to pay instead Seawater floods past an ineffective sea wall into the community of Veivatuloa, Fiji, July 16, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local resident Selai Uluivuya fishes with a hand-line in an abandoned graveyard flooded by a high tide at Togoru, Fiji, July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local resident Tarusila Boseiwaqa walks along a sea wall that no longer protects homes from the intrusion of water at higher tides, as a rainbow shines over Serua village, Fiji, July 14, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local resident Roemoni Tubivuna and his grandson Roemoni Tubivuna Jr., 10, prepare a fishing net, as their boat rests against a flooded sea wall which is no longer effective at preventing water intrusion into their community at high tide, in Veivatuloa, Fiji, July 16, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local resident Semisi Madanawa, 38, drives his boat from Serua Island to the mainland at high tide, while looking after Monika Betomakita, 11, who joined for the outing, at Serua Village, Fiji, July 14, 2022. Ratusela Waqanaceva, 14, wades through seawater that has  flooded over an ineffective sea wall at high tide in Serua village, Fiji, July 15, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local children play along a sea wall that no longer stops the intrusion of water at higher tides in Serua Village, Fiji, July 13, 2022. Village children pass the time in front of a home in Serua village, Fiji, July 15, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local resident Adi Latianara and her niece Tokasa Robanakadavu, 10, prepare cassava root in Serua village, Fiji, July 14, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local resident Semisi Madanawa, 38, holds his daughter Aliti Madanawa, 3, during a fishing outing on his boat near Serua village, Fiji, July 15, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott  Local students Jona Togaciri, Talikai Kavu, Semisi Dradra, Tavaga Dradra and Joanna Dradra gather at the edge of a flooded sea wall during high tide, while working on a boat motor in Serua village, Fiji, July 15, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local resident Rapuma Tuqio, 67, looks out at seawater flooding around his home at high tide in Veivatuloa, Fiji, July 16, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott The morning's first rays of sunlight hit the island community of Serua village, Fiji, July 15, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local boy Ratukali Madanawa, 8, takes a break from diving in the sea at Serua village, Fiji, July 14, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local resident Roemoni Tubivuna departs to go fishing with his grandsons at Veivatuloa, Fiji, July 16, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local boy Ratukali Madanawa, 8, pulls a fish from a net next to Serua village, Fiji, July 14, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local residents fish in front of the abandoned site of the old Vunidogoloa, Fiji, July 19, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Villagers harvest edible seaweed, sea snails and other food sources during low tide next to Serua village, Fiji, July 14, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott The moon rises over Serua village, Fiji, July 13, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Verina Delasau, 63, stands in her home in Veivatuloa, Fiji, July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott Retired local resident David Tuimalawai prays with fellow community members during a Sunday church service in Vunidogoloa, Fiji, July 17, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local resident Emi Lawai feeds 9-month-old Jo Sorowai, as sister-in-law Naomi Dakai, a resort worker, looks after son Micah Dakai, 3, and her friend's daughter Sera Drenauna, 5, at home in the coastal community of Vunaniu, Fiji, July 13, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott The inside of an abandoned home is seen at the former site of Vunidogoloa, Fiji, July 18, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott The inside of an abandoned home is seen at the former site of Vunidogoloa, Fiji, July 18, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Children get off a school bus as they return home for the day to the new relocated site of Vunidogoloa, Fiji, July 20, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local resident Tomasi Dioni looks after a bull at the relocated inland site of Vunidogoloa, Fiji, July 19, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott Local resident Lusiana Suluweti walks the road from the inland village site to the abandoned former village by the sea in Vunidogoloa, Fiji, July 18, 2022.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott The Wider Image Photography: Loren Elliott Reporting: Loren Elliott and Kirsty Needham Photo editing: Gabrielle Fonseca Johnson Text editing: William Mallard Design: Marta Montana Gomez Follow Reuters Investigates
Rising sea levels are forcing Fiji's villagers to relocate.