PACIFIC: Thousands to clean up rubbish

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Updated September 14, 2007 13:19:51

Thousands of people across the Pacific are set to take part in this weekend's Clean Up the World celebrations.The environmental campaign, born from the Clean Up Australia Day, is now looking to limit the impact of climate change in the region.

Sonja Heydeman

Presenter:
Speakers: Ian Kiernan, Chairman Clean Up Australia & Clean Up the World; Caroline Nodder, New Zealand Tourism Research Institute at AUT University in Auckland

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