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World Heritage in a sea of islands: Pacific 2009 Programme, pages 46-51, illustrations
Bikini Atoll is one of the most northerly atolls at 11°N, with 23 islands and approx 187 km2 of reef. In general, reef habitats at Bikini Atoll and on other Marshall Island atolls include narrow reef flats with spur and groove development, reef crest and steep vertical exposed walls, protected sandy lagoons with patch reef development and ...
This plan has been prepared for the management of the Bikini Atoll Conservation Area. It covers the protection of the cultural and natural heritage values of Bikini and compatible use of the atoll for tourism, research, cultural use and education.
This chapter explores the case of the Bikini Atoll community in the Marshall Islands and how their displacement influences their vulnerability to climate change and future considerations around mobility and immobility.
Current representations of Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands as an Edenic wilderness are no different. What is unusual about conceptualizations of Bikini Atoll as a pristine wilderness is that it is the site of a recent history of colonial appropriation and massive landscape transformation through nuclear-weapons testing.
Download PDF (6.89 MB) Get citation details. Description. The general concern about the state of the environment has focused the attention of many countries in recent years on the need to remediate areas affected by radioactive residues.
By Sam Scott. N early 60 years after the last of 23 nuclear explosions in its land, air and water, Bikini Atoll again looks like the idyllic Pacific paradise it was in 1946 — a bracelet of sandy, palm-covered islets encircling an azure lagoon.
