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    Population Polynesia has an estimated 691,346 (Not including New Zealand) people who reside within the various countries. The records show that the population since 1955 has increased by over 400,000 people and is still increasing today. From 2015 – 2016 there was a 0.76% increase in the population of the country. In 1955, the population was 274,119 by 1990; it reached 547,896 then after 15 years in 2005; it got to 641,022, presently the population is 691,346 (Not including New Zealand). Traditional

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    Health and Life in Polynesia Polynesia is geographically categorized as the triangular area between Easter Island, New Zealand and Hawaii. Some of the main island groups that are included in within the triangle are Tonga, the Cook Islands, Samoa, Niue, Tokelau, Tuvalu and French Polynesia. While these are islands are separated geographically by the Pacific Ocean, culturally they are known to have many similarities and can be considered united rather than divided by the ocean (Capstick, Norris,

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    French Polynesia Essay

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    break. Don't you think? Well, today I will talk about this possible destination which is Tahiti the main island in French Polynesia, its friendly population, and what a tourist can do to enjoy his trip there. Body I/ First, let see where Tahiti and her islands are located compared to the rest of the world. Tahiti and her islands are officially known as French Polynesia. (Which island in Tahiti?). They are located in the middle of an imaginary triangle which starts with Hawaii in the north

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    French Polynesia

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    1960s, many abandoned farming. The whole farming industry almost collapsed for French Polynesia. Exports of vanilla and coffee had ended by 1965 while coconut production has dropped by a whooping 40 percent. French Polynesians grow coconut trees, vanilla orchids for vanilla extracts, vegetables, fruits and Theobroma cacao trees for coffee. Aquaculture included pearl oyster farms which is a big thing in French Polynesia because many tourists like the pearls that come from the oysters. There are now many

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    Polynesia Microorganisms

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    Polynesia-Micronesia Ecosystems are a place where organisms can interact with their environment and other organisms in the community. So it makes sense just to say ecology is a branch of biology that deals with the relationships of organisms interacting with their environment and other organisms. Ecosystems have many flora and fauna that need to live by the means of energy. We are talking about sun: the sun is the main source of energy because it starts many processes like photosynthesis, the greenhouse

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    their own traditions and culture. When the Polynesians first settled in Polynesia their traditions most likely would have been the same as those of their country of origin. Eventually these customs evolved into different rituals, unique to the Polynesians. Some traditions in Polynesia include the art of tattooing and tracking their genealogies. When the Europeans first came to Polynesia, they too influenced the way Polynesia developed. The Polynesians culture and traditions were discouraged and it

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    Archaeologists are still examining today how the early settlements moved them from where they are today. Easter Island first inhabitants before Easter Island was discovered and is claimed to be a group of people from the Marquesas. (an island in French Polynesia) Archaeologists believe

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    A lost city found among the coral reefs of the Pacific, Nan Mandol is now ruins adjacent to the eastern shore of the island of Pohnpei that once was the capital of the Saudeleur Dynasty until 1628 (Ayres et al. 1992). Recently, a research group from the Southern Methodist University led by Mark D. McCoy found the earliest direct evidence of monument building at Nan Madol (McCoy et al. 2016). This is a significant discovery that pushes back the initial age of dynasty in the Pacific over 100 years

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    Kenneth C. Davis, the author of Don’t Know Much about History, claimed that the true discoverers of America were the people whose cultures and societies were well established here while Europe was still in the Dark Ages, the so-called Indians. For all the diversity of the First Americans, they inherited certain common traits from their old world ancestors. Reflecting their Asiatic heritage, they were generally short to medium stature, with straight black hair, light brown skin, had epicanthic fold

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    restored the relationship that society has with its island home. More than 600 years had gone by without seeing one of these canoes, until artist Herb Kane thought to build a sailing canoe just like the ones his ancestors sailed (Hokulea.com). Polynesia was a massive country forming a triangle that stretched between New Zealand in the west, Rapa Nui in the east, and Hawaii in the north. This triangle covered 10 million square miles. It was discovered by these amazing people who were like the astronauts

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