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Guam |
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Guam Governor's Office at Adelup: The Adelup area is a small point jutting into the Philippine Sea that once held a naval officers' club. It was returned to the Government of Guam in the 1980s, and was claimed by the Governor of Guam as an office. He had it landscaped with locally popular fruit trees and flowering shrubs: Hibiscus, Areca palm, Mango (Mangifera) and Morinda citrifolia are among the plantings to be seen here. September, 1990. 143 degr. E. Long; 14 degr. N. Lat. |
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coasts and oceans |
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View of part of the east side of the Island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, showing the extensive stands of Tangan-tangan that resulted from the seeding of the island with Tangan-tangan (Leucaena leucocephala) seed obtained in the Philippines. The treee is a native of Central America, and was probably introduced to the Philippines by the Spanish as a result of cattle importation. U.S. miltary forces did the aerial seeding after the horrific Battle of Saipan (July 1944), that resulted in the almost complete destruction of island vegetation. This view is from the Laderan Tangke Trail, and shows the Bahia Fanonchuluyan, with the top of Isleta Maigo Fanang (Bird Islet) visible at center. During the Japanese occupation (1914-44), the flatter areas in this image were planted in sugar cane. March, 1990; 145 degr. E Long.; 15 degr. N. Lat. |
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cultural practices |
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The most famous landmark on the Island of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia--Sokehs Rock, also called "The Diamond Head of micronesia"--is seen here from an agroforest on Lengur Islet, just off shore. Lengur is owned by a local family which farms it in traditional Pohnpei style; Cocos nucifera, Colocasia taro, and banana are prominent components. Feb. 1987. 158 degr. E. Long.; 7 degr. N. Lat. |
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coral reef |
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This small atoll lies some 200 miles ESE of Pohnpei. It has a carrying capacity of about 200 people, who farm taro intensively as a staple food. The atoll regularly exports people to Pohnpei when the carrying capacity is exceeded. A Paramount Chief is the head of the island's traditional government. February 1985. 160 degr. E. Long.; 6 degr. N. Lat. |
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cultural practices |
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This site in the Village of Shimizu, Island of Babelthuap, Republic of Palau, grew enough wood volume (Bagras eucalyptus, Eucalyptus deglupta) in 11 years to build the house, "pay" the portable sawmiller with half of the wood, and still have considerable wood left over. The slender trees in the center middle ground are betel nut palm (Areca catechu), and the palms in the background are coconut (Cocos nucifera.) Banana trees can also be seen behind the house. November, 1985. |
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cultural practices |
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This picture is a companion to Image 4723021, and shows the wood ( Bagras eucalyptus, Eucalyptus deglupta)left over from building the house and paying the sawmiller, from a site of less than 3 acres, and grown in 11 years. November 1985. |
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cultural practices |
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Agroforests on streep slopes, Tutuila Island. People in American Samoa have little flat land for agriculture, so farming takes place on steep slopes above the narrow coastal plane. Much of the native forest on Tutuila has been replaced with agroforest and various stages of fallow. Local custom allows a family to claim land within their clan lands by clearing it of forest. This view is to the SE from the ridge above the Village of Alega, 17 degrees 38 min. W Long.; 14 degrees 17 min. S. Lat. Photo taken July, 1984. |
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cultural practices |
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A fairly typical tropical Pacific island home agroforest, with betel nut palm (center foreground), banana, ti plant, and mango. Koror Island, Republic of Palau. 135 degrees E long.; 7 degrees N lat. |
| 4723023 |
coasts and oceans |
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This point, about 175 ft. above the beach, overlooks limestone forest and near-shore reef. The main tourist/hotel district of Guam (Tumon) is nearly out of sight beyond the top of the cliff. Chamorro legend says that two lovers, forbidden to marry, braided their hair together and leaped to their deaths from the cliff, hence the name "Two Lovers' Point." 1995; 143 degr. E Long; 14 degr. N. Lat. |
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soil & water |
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These plots, in the north-central part of Tutuila Island, American Samoa, are highly erodible and unsustainable. This practicde is not traditional agriculture and is driven by population pressure on the very limited flat land on the island. June, 1984. 170 degr. E. Long.; 15 degr. S. Lat. |
| 4723032 |
soil & water |
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The landowner, a traditional Samoan Chief using a modern bulldozer, so de-stabilized the upper slope as to cause this failure. |
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brown tree snake |
Boiga irregularis |
The Island of Guam had no snakes of any kind until this species was introduced, probably during the American invasion of Guam in 1944. War material (tanks, trucks, howitzers etc.) were moved to Guam from the New Guinea and Solomon Islands campaigns, and it is likely that some snakes were aboard the equipment. They now number in the millions on Guam, and have been responsible for the extirpation of ten native bird species. This captive snake is about 8 feet long. Brown tree snakes are rear-fang poisonous, and not dangerous to humans larger than baby size. Ca. 1987. |
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sunsets |
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