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South Pacific Oil Spill Threatens Local Tribe As It Spreads Toward World-Famous Reef
Rennell Island sits in the middle of the Solomon Sea northeast of Australia. It’s a paradise best known for harbouring the largest raised coral atoll in the world, which members of the Tehakatu’u tribe rely on for fish to eat. The island’s extraordinary ecology landed it on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998, but…