Locals sound alarm as Bijagos Islands slowly swallowed by sea https://phys.org/news/2025-12-locals-alarm-bijagos-islands-slowly.html

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Locals sound alarm as Bijagos Islands slowly swallowed by sea

Turquoise waves splash against the white sand beaches of the Bijagos archipelago, where locals fear rising sea levels will swallow their islands whole.

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#GuinéeBissau : l’#Unesco fait entrer l’archipel des #Bijagos au patrimoine mondial de l’humanité
https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1705982/culture/guinee-bissau-lunesco-fait-entrer-larchipel-des-bijagos-au-patrimoine-mondial-de-lhumanite
L’archipel des Bijagos, au large de la Guinée-Bissau, est entré, ce dimanche 13 juillet, au patrimoine mondial de l’humanité à l’issue d’un vote lors de la 47ᵉ session du Comité du #patrimoinemondial de l’Unesco.
GUINEA BISSAU 2 🇬🇼 CANHABAQUE - Ilha dos Bijagós

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'Our god is stronger' - can biodiverse Bijagós fend off evangelical threat?

For centuries, traditional religious practices have preserved the sacred forests of this archipelago off the coast of Guinea-Bissau. Now missionaries are muscling in