population decline
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite concerns highlighted by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding public debts, Governor Pulaalii N. Pula noted that the focus is on promoting financial and economic self- reliance through strategic debt management, ensuring sustainable long-term...
Sydney, AUSTRALIA — In 1989, distinguished Australian geographer Gerard Ward wrote that the Pacific was emptying out. As people on smaller islands left to seek opportunity elsewhere, the region risked becoming Earth’s empty quarter. He wrote:
Perhaps 100 years hence, almost all of the descendants...