People from four island sites in French Polynesia - Mangareva and the Pallisers ... South Americans most closely related to present-day indigenous Colombians at around 1200 AD.

In French Polynesia, boom in whale-based tourism ... while adult males are slightly smaller. For many Indigenous peoples across Polynesia, the marine animals are sacred. In March, Indigenous ...

French Polynesia is the largest shark sanctuary ... all shark speciaes are protected as a cultural heritage of the Polynesian people. Sharks keep the fragile ecosystem of coral reefs and the ...