Fiji: First climate change glossary translated into I Taukei language

Source(s): Islands Business International
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The Ministry of iTaukei Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation and the Ministry of Fisheries and Forests has published a glossary of climate change terms, translated into the iTaukei vernacular language, reports Islands Business International.

The new glossary contains 50 of the most used climate change terms. Some of the examples of the translated terms include adaptation (‘sotavi ni draki veisau’), carbon (‘kaboni’), climate change (‘draki veisau’), climate change mitigation (‘tataqomaki ena draki veisau’).

In his preface, the Permanent Secretary for I Taukei Affairs, Savenaca Kaunisela said the publication is a milestone because resource owners can take an active role in reducing the devastating effects of global warming and climate change.

Some journalists have already committed themselves to start using the translated terms in their media organizations.

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Themes Climate change Data and information management Advocacy and media Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Country and region Fiji

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