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Ministry Of Environment, Lands And Agricultural Development
The Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development (MELAD, Gilbertese: ''Botaki ibukin te enwarementa, tararuan aaba ao karikirakean te ununiki'') is a government ministry of Kiribati, headquartered in Bikenibeu, South Tarawa. It was created as Ministry of Natural Resource Development in March 1978, within the Gilbert Islands colony. Ministers *Roniti Teiwaki (1978–1982) *Anote Tong (1994–2002) * Tetabo Nakara (2007–2009) * Tiarite Kwong (2011–2016) * Tebao Awerika (2016–2018) *Alexander Teabo Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ... (2018–2020) * Ruateki Tekaiara (2020–) References External linksMELAD Agriculture ministries Government of Kiribati Environment ministries Agriculture in Kiribati Agricultural organizations based in Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbertese Language
Gilbertese or taetae ni Kiribati, also Kiribati (sometimes ''Kiribatese''), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati. It belongs to the Micronesian branch of the Oceanic languages. The word ''Kiribati'', the current name of the islands, is the local adaptation of the previous European name "Gilberts" to Gilbertese phonology. Early European visitors, including Commodore John Byron, whose ships happened on Nikunau in 1765, had named some of the islands the Kingsmill or Kings Mill Islands or for the Northern group ''les îles Mulgrave'' in French but in 1820 they were renamed, in French, ''les îles Gilbert'' by Admiral Adam Johann von Krusenstern, after Captain Thomas Gilbert, who, along with Captain John Marshall, had passed through some of these islands in 1788. Frequenting of the islands by Europeans, Americans and Chinese dates from whaling and oil trading from the 1820s, when no doubt Europeans learnt to speak it, as Gilbertese learnt to speak English and oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |