What brings together Ukraine and Vanuatu? Sadly, it's ecocide
In many ways, Vanuatu and Ukraine couldn’t be more different. Vanuatu is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, with only 12,000 square kilometres of land above the waves. Ukraine sits on the Black Sea in Eastern Europe, spanning more than 600,000 square kilometres. Ukraine’s population of nearly 44 million is more than 137 times the 320,000 mostly indigenous, Melanesian villagers that make up Vanuatu. Vanuatu’s tropical climate means it is host to fauna and flora adapted for warm and humid days. Its national animals include the rainbow lorikeet, the reef-loving dugong and the mango-eati...