The Beach Final Project Outline
Group Members:
Cook Islands
List important information you feel best fit for your region’s beaches to be included in your intro slide(s) below. Each person must contribute at least one bullet point.
Member info
Lise
Ben
· Tourism is the focal point of the Cooks Islands economy
(Hoffman, Tegan. “Cook Islands.” Encyclopedia of Islands, edited by Rosemary G. Gillespie and David A. Clague, 1st ed., University of California Press, 2009, pp. 191–97. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pn90r.48. Accessed 10 Feb. 2024.)
Section 2 – Physical Setting Lens
Ben
· The Cook Islands are made up of six low-lying atolls and nine volcanic islands
(Hoffman, Tegan. “Cook Islands.” Encyclopedia of Islands, edited by Rosemary G. Gillespie and David A. Clague, 1st ed., University of California Press, 2009, pp. 191–97. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pn90r.48. Accessed 10 Feb. 2024.)
Lise
· The Cook Islands are situated in the equatorial Tropic of Capricorn South of the Equator and benefit from trade winds. The reefs surrounding the small islands are protected from the energy of ocean currents and waves. (Martins et al, 2019)
Martins, K. A., Pereira, P. de, Esteves, L. S., & Williams, J. (2019). The role of coral reefs in coastal protection: Analysis of Beach Morphology. Journal of Coastal Research, 92(sp1), 157–164. https://doi.org/10.2112/si92-018.1
Section 3 – Ecological Lens
Ben
· Marine biodiversity exceeds terrestrial biodiversity in the Cook Islands. The most notable marine megafauna are fish, sea turtles, and whales
(Gibbs, P. E., H. G. Vevers, and David R. Stoddart. “The marine fauna of the Cook Islands: a check-list of the species collected during the Cook bicentenary expedition in 1969.” Atoll Research Bulletin (1975).)
Lise
Coconut and Pandanus and both have many uses as an integral part of life. Paper Mulberry is used to make tapa cloth for ceremonies and worn by men and women. Staple food crops are sweet potato taro, yam, hue and Pacific Cabbage Tree. Seabirds and smaller landbirds and two species of fish have evolved in the local area. National Library New Zealand, 2020)
National Library of New Zealand, Services to Schools staff (2020, April 1). Pacific flora and Fauna. DigitalNZ. https://digitalnz.org/stories/5e5c431f6d390900081e9346
Section 4 – Human Dimensions Lens
Ben
· There is concern that too much tourism will degrade the quality of the beaches
(Newport, Christina. “Cook Islands.” The Contemporary Pacific, vol. 31, no. 1, 2019, pp. 187–94. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26776188. Accessed 10 Feb. 2024.)
Lise
· Tourism contributes to 70% of the GDP in the Cook Islands and the population on Rarotonga is roughly 11,000 and in 2018 visitors numbered about 168,000 without adequate means to handle the human waste of that many people with a majority of sanitation supplied by septic systems on coral sand shelfs leach runs off of the small island into the lagoons. The resulting algae blooms have poisoned the fish for human consumption and has driven locals from traditional lifestyles in order to host the tourism trade. (Kessler, (2019) Three-fourths of the population have moved away to have work. (Alexeyeff, 2009)
Alexeyeff, K. (2009). Chapter Six: OVER THE REEF DANCE IN A TIME OF TRANSITION. In Dancing from the Heart MOVEMENT, GENDER, AND COOK ISLANDS GLOBALIZATION (pp. 147–160). essay, University of Hawai’i Press.
Kessler, R. (2019, October 15). Paradise, polluted: Cook Islands tries to clean up its tourism sector. Mongabay Environmental News. https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/paradise-polluted-cook- islands-tries-to-clean-up-its-tourism-sector/
Section 5a – Cultural Lens 1
As a group, choose the first of two cultural lenses you’d like to focus on for your beach(es) below. Each person must contribute at least one bullet point of information on the chosen lens.
Section 5b – Cultural Lens 2
As a group, choose the second cultural lens you’d like to focus on for your beach(es) below. Each person must contribute at least one bullet point of information on the chosen lens.
Section 6a – Threat 1
As a group, choose the first of three threats you’d like to focus on for your beach(es) below. Each person must contribute at least one bullet point of information on the chosen threat.
Section 6b – Threat 2
As a group, choose the second of three threats you’d like to focus on for your beach(es) below. Each person must contribute at least one bullet point of information on the chosen threat.
Section 6c – Threat 3
As a group, choose the last of three threats you’d like to focus on for your beach(es) below. Each person must contribute at least one bullet point of information on the chosen threat.
Section 7 – Conclusion
As a group, choose the conclusionary wrap-up information you’d like to focus on for your beach(es) below. Each person must contribute at least one bullet point of information on the conclusion.
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