Banaba

(bəˈnɑːbə)

(Placename) an island in the SW Pacific, in the Republic of Kiribati. Phosphates were mined by Britain (1900–79). Area: about 5 sq km (2 sq miles). Pop: 301 (2005). Also called: Ocean Island

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Tailings are the material trails that Katerina Martina Teaiwa follows as Banaba Island in the Pacific is gutted for the mineral phosphorus, which is crucial to manufacturing the fertilizer that powers the so-called Green Revolution.

Acts of life: Elizabeth A. Povinelli on ecology and power

We also use zonal surface winds from Banaba Island (0.9[degrees]S, 169.5[degrees]E) in the Republic of Kiribati during the 1970s.

The curious case of the El Nino that never happened: a perspective from 40 years of progress in climate research and forecasting

Caught up in this dominant political configuration of ethnic difference and dissonance are the Banabans of Rabi Island, an ethnic minority whose original home was Banaba Island in the Central Pacific.

Reconfigurations of place and ethnicity: positionings, performances and politics of relocated Banabans in Fiji

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