The economies of Banaba and Nauru have been almost wholly dependent on phosphate, which has led to environmental disaster on these islands, with 80% of the islands' surfaces having been strip-mined. T
Phosphate mining in Nauru in 2007
Phosphate stockpile on Nauru
The piece of phosphate used as a door stop
A ship being loaded with phosphate in Aiwo district, Nauru
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Nauru, officially the Republic of Naoero, is an island country and microstate in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies within the Micronesia subregion of Oceania, with its nearest neighbour being Banaba ab
Phosphate mining in Banaba and Nauru
…The economies of Banaba and Nauru have been almost wholly dependent on phosphate, which has led to environmental disaster on these islands, with 80% of the islands' surfaces having been…
Photo of a Nauruan warrior during the Nauruan Civil War c. 1880
U.S. Army Air Forces bombing the Japanese airstrip on Nauru (1943).
Coastal beach area of Nauru, with its distinctive natural coral pillars
Buada Lagoon