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Residents on Panama's Gardi Sugdub island are leaving because of rising sea levels. They are relocating to the mainland. The government said some people are refusing to leave. They will stay until the last minute. Gardi Sugdub is a sign of things to come. More islands are under threat from being engulfed. A recent study said Panama would lose 2.01 per cent of its coastal territory to rising sea levels. Thousands of people will need to relocate.
Gardi Sugdub has been home to the indigenous Guna people for generations. The tiny island was home to 300 families. Islander Nadin Morales said: "We're a little sad…but the sea is sinking the island." She added: "Climate change has had a major impact.…The tide comes to a level it didn't before." Ms Morales hopes her community will prosper in its new location. This is two kilometres from the port from which boats go to Gardi Sugdub.
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