Glissant sur ton kaeb guidé par le martin, entre mer des Philippines et bassin Carolin, sans plonger dans la fosse où frictionnent les plaques, suis ces contre-courants qui vont et tourbillonnent, là où l’électron libre en huit fois se compacte, quand le vent de l’hiver vient du soleil levant. Lors la grappe des étoiles entraîne l’or de la lune, transportée par un dieu de village en village, va franchir la barrière construite d’anacropores, vers l’île Babeldaob, grande terre des Palaos, née des flammes d’un volcan sorti des océans, ou géant insatiable que les hommes brûlèrent vif, enfant de la crevette issue du coquillage, trompé par leurs réponses à ses questions inquiètes. Soumets le crocodile d’un brin de cocotier, traversant la mangrove où se cachent les dugongs, qui mâchonnent leur pâture, fruit de leur transgression, quand chantonne le monarque pour invoquer la pluie, et va prendre le chemin qui mène à Ngerchelchuus, là où s’assoient les chefs pour fixer leur frontière, 242 m que surplombent quatre tours, et la rare badusa dont la fleur offre l’eau vive, quand les chauves-souris mordent de myrobolans fruits. L’hirondelle des forêts aime s’y prendre pour une buse, écorchant ses victimes dans son vol gracieux, et du haut des reliques des combats du passé, dominant la cascade de l’anguille rêveuse, et la mélancolie des mines abandonnées, et le blanc capitole d’une déserte capitale, où chuchotent les anges que charment les demoiselles, taille dans le bois de fer la belle fin de l’histoire.

Références PALAU :

LOCALISATION-SITE-ALTITUDE: CIA.gov The World Factbook: Palau Geography, Britannica.com: Palau Land Relief and drainage par Sophie Foster et Donald Raymond Shuster, Unfccc.int: Republic of Palau Second National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Peakbagger.com: Ascent of Mount Ngerchelchuus par Brian Hutchins, Palau Protected Areas Network Fund Palaupanfund.org et Palau Conservation Society PalauConservation.org: Ongedechuul System of Conservation Areas – Ecosystem-Based Management Plan 2011 et Protected Areas Management Plan 2018, Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau PalauSupremeCourt.net: Ngeremlengui State Government v. Ngardmau State Government 2016, International Archaeological Research Institute – University of Hawaii Evols.Library.Manoa.Hawaii.edu: Palau compact road archaeological investigations Babeldaob Island en 13 volumes par Stephen K. Wickler et alia, 

CANOË KAEB: Belau National Museum.net: Exhibit A Cherechar a Lokelii – Palau Through The Years, Ministry of Human Resources Culture Tourism and Development MinistryofHRCTD.pw: The Palau Society of Historians – Traditional Items and Properties of a Household Clan and Village, Archive.org Journal des Museum Godeffroy Erster Band: Die Palau-Inseln in der Südsee – Die Arbeiten der Palau-Insulaner par Johann Kubary, 

MARTIN-CHASSEUR: BirdLife.org International Species factsheet IUCN Red List: Palau Kingfisher Todiramphus pelewensis, eBird.org: Martin-chasseur des Palau Todiramphus pelewensis, BelauNationalMuseum.net: Abundance of Birds in Palau based on Surveys – Rusty-capped Kingfisher/Cherosech Todiramphus pelewensis par Eric A. VanderWerf et Erika Dittmar, 

PALAU TRENCH: Explorersweb.com: A Different 8,000’er – First Human Descent of One of World’s Deepest Ocean Trenches par Andrew McLemore, IslandTimes.org: Former President Maderngebuked descends 26,377 feet to the bottom of the Palau Trench, OpenWaterpedia.com: Palau Trench, Proceedings of the Japan Academy Jstage.jst.go.jp: Why is the Palau Trench so Deep? – Deep-Sea Trench without Plate Convergence par Kazuo Kobayashi et alii, Geophysical Journal International – Oxford University Press Academic.oup.com: Origin of the Palau and Yap trench-arc systems par Kazuo Kobayashi, Kartografické listy Gis.fns.uniba.sk: Automatic Data Processing for Visualising Yap and Palau Trenches by Generic Mapping Tools par Polina Lemenkova, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology Jamstec.go.jp: Research Vessel Yokosuka – Shinkai 6500 YK06-11 Cruise in Palau Trench “PalaDiCe” Expedition par Hiroshi Kitazato et alia, Chemical Geology: Deep-sea limestone block as a source of 14C-depleted dissolved inorganic carbon at the Palau Trench par Tatsuya Tsuboi et alia, 

COURANTS MARINS: IslandTimes.org: Palau An Island in the Pacific Flow, CoralreefPalau.org: Ocean Observations – Currents Oceanic and Local, The Oceanography Society Magazine Tos.org: Palau’s Effects on Regional-Scale Ocean Circulation par Ganesh Gopalakrishnan et Bruce D. Cornuelle -et- Observations of Near-Inertial Surface Currents at Palau par Mika Siegelman et alia, Journal of Oceanography: Seasonal Variations of the Ocean Surface Circulation in the Vicinity of Palau par Scott F. Heron et alii, American Geophysical Union AGUpubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com – Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans: Eddy Wake Generation From Broadband Currents Near Palau par Jennifer A. MacKinnon et alia, Ametsoc.org American Meteorological Society – Journal of Physical Oceanography: Vorticity in the Wake of Palau from Lagrangian Surface Drifters par Kristin L. Zeiden et alia, 

CONSTITUTION-COMPACT: World Intellectual Property Organization Lex Database WIPO.int: Constitution of the Republic of Palau, U.S. Department of the Interior Doi.gov: Republic of Palau Compact of Free Association, Refworld.org UNHCR’s Global Law and Policy Database – Freedom House Non-Governmental Organization: Freedom in the World 2001 – Palau, National Park Service Nps.gov – Micronesian Area Research Center University of Guam: The War in the Pacific – Definitions and The Political Situation par Dirk Anthony Ballendorf, University of Hawaii Hawaii.edu: Islands of Change in Palau – Voice and Vote the New Island of Elected Government par Donald R. Shuster, The Washington Post.com: In Palau Even God Is Said to Oppose Micronesian Unity par William Chapman, The Journal of Pacific History: On Matters Constitutional in Micronesia par Norman Meller -et- Palau’s Constitutional Tangle et The Republic of Palau and its Compact par Donald R. Shuster -et- Prelude to an anti‐war constitution par Ellen Wood, Brigham Young University-Hawaii Byuh.edu Pacific Studies: Elections Compact and Assassination in the Republic of Palau par Donald R. Shuster, 

VENTS-LUNE-CALENDRIER: MinistryofHRCTD.pw Division of Cultural Affairs – The Palau Society of Historians: Traditional and Customary Practices – Economy and Trade – Wind Directions Traveling by Sea par Vicky N. Kanai et alii, PacificWorlds.com Palau Airai: The Land – Winds, CoralreefPalau.org: Teaching Science in Palauan – Weather & Climate in Palau Presentation, Micronesica.org: Traditional Time Reckoning and Resource Utilization par Gary A. Klee, Tekinged.com – University of California: Words of the Lagoon – Fishing and Marine Lore in the Palau District of Micronesia – Rhythms of Fish and Fishermen par Robert E. Johannes, Palau National Government services PalauGov.pw: Flag of Palau, Internet Archive.org: Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 – II Etnographie – B Mikronesien – Band 3 Palau – 3 Teilband – Abteilung VI Geistige Kultur par Augustin Krämer, 

CORAUX-ANACROPORES: EarthObservatory.nasa.gov: Palau’s Reefs, Coral Reef Research Foundation CoralreefPalau.org: About Palau et Marine Environments of Palau par Patrick L. Colin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science CoastalScience.noaa.gov: The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States – The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of Palau – 2002 par Charles Birkeland et alia – 2005 par Yimnang Golbuu et alii – 2008 par Sebastian Marino et alia, LivingOceansFoundation.org: The Republic of Palau Global Reef Expedition Final Report par Renée D. Carlton et alia, Sedimentary Geology – University of Tokyo: Holocene sea-level changes and barrier reef formation on an oceanic island Palau Islands par Hajime Kayanne et alii, PICRC Palau International Coral Reef Center – University of Tokyo: Coral Reefs of Palau – Landform of the Palau Barrier Reef par Hajime Kayanne, Coral Reef Information System Coris.noaa.gov: Field Guide to the Corals of Palau par Douglas Fenner, 

GÉOLOGIE-VOLCANISME: PaddlingPalau.net: Geology Palau, Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System PacIOOS.hawaii.edu: Education Resources Regional Information – Palau Geologic Setting, Kagoshima University Research Center for the South Pacific Ir.Kagoshima-u.ac.jp: Mineralization and Volcanism in Babeldaob Island Belau -et- Geochemistry of Paleosols Formed under Oxic and Anoxic Conditions in Babeldaob Island Palau – Geological Outline of Babeldaob Island par Munetomo Nedachi et alia, SOPAC South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission – Palau Technical Report: Geological Assessment of Terrestrial Aggregate Sources in Melekeok State and the Surrounding Areas Babeldaob Island – Geology of Babeldaob par Akuila K. Tawake, 

GÉANT UAB: Tekinged.com: The Beginning of Palau from Uab to Miladeldil – Uchelel Belau er a Uab el me er a Miladeldil – texte bilingue par Steve Umetaro, The Journal of American Folklore: Proverbs of Palau – Ais Belau Palauan news par Robert K. McKnight, Ir.Kagoshima-u.ac.jp: Annotated Inventory of a Collection of Palauan Legends in the Belau National Museum Group A par Toru Aoyama, Pacific islands Climate Education Partnership PCEP.prel.org: Chuab the Giant – Belau Creation Story Palau, Manoa.Hawaii.edu: The Whispered Memories of Belau’s Bais par Kora Mechelin Iechads, 

CROCODILE: Ir.Kagoshima-u.ac.jp: Sechemlong and the crocodile in Annotated Inventory of a Collection of Palauan Legends in the Belau National Museum par Toru Aoyama, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History: Notes on the Saltwater Crocodile Crocodylus porosus in the Republic of Palau par Peter Brazaitis et alii, Conservation Genetics: Molecular assessment of the genetic integrity distinctiveness and phylogeographic context of the Saltwater crocodile Crocodylus porosus on Palau par Michael A. Russello et alia, 

MANGROVE: Unesco.org Unesdoc Bibliothèque Numérique: Mangrove ecosystems of Palau, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Umces.edu – Palau Conservation Society: Protecting Palau’s Natural Heritage – Palau’s diverse and intact Mangrove Seagrass and Coral ecosystems support Palauan lifestyles, PalauGov.pw National Environmental Protection Council: State of the Environment Report Republic of Palau 2019 par Anuradha Gupta, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme Sprep.org: Directory of Wetlands of Palau par Pua Michael et Roger Jaensch -et- Proceedings of the Pacific regional workshop on mangrove wetlands protection & sustainable use – Inventory of the status of mangrove wetlands in Palau par Theo Isamu et Alma Ridep-Morris -et- Ministry of Resources and Development – Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry – The Palau Mangrove Management Plan par William D. Metz, 

DUGONG: Tekinged.com Palauan Legends n° 1: The Story of the Dugong – Cheldechedechal a chad el mlo Mesekiu – texte bilingue par Santos Ngodrii, Books.Google.fr: How the Dugong Came to Be – deux versions dans Pacific Island Legends et Micronesian Legends par Nancy Bo Flood et alia, EtpisonMuseum.org: I Love Mesekiu · Do You?, DugongConservation.org: Palau Dugong and seagrass par Fabio Siksei, United Nations Environment Programme UNEP.org: Dugong Status Report and Action Plans for Countries and Territories – Chapter 5 Pacific Islands Palau par Helene Marsh et aliae, SPREP.org: Lady of the Sea – Dugongs respect and protect – Dugong profile for range states in the Pacific Islands, Sprep.org Palau Conservation Society: Local Knowledge about Dugongs in Palau par Elizabeth Matthews, The Nature Conservancy Pacific Island Countries Report: Current Status of Knowledge of Dugongs in Palau – a review and project summary report par Patricia Z. R. Davis, Ministry of Resources and Development Republic of Palau – Vulnerable Marine Species Conservation Program: The Status of Dugong dugon in Palau par Ann Hillmann Kitalong et alia, CoralreefPalau.org: Mesekiu Palau’s Dugongs et Palau Dugong Reports 2012 2013 2020, Sasakawa Peace Foundation Spf.org: Palau Integrated Marine Protected Area Model – Efforts Surrounding Sea Life Protection Dugong Conservation, Marine Mammal Science: Status of Dugongs in Waters around Palau par Galen B. Rathbun et alia, Biological Conservation: Can dugongs survive in Palau? par Helene Marsh et alii, 

MONARQUE MYIAGRA ERYTHROPS: BirdLife.org: Palau Flycatcher Myiagra erythrops par Jonathan Ekstrom et Stuart Butchart, eBird.org: Monarque des Palau, Tekinged.com – Palau Conservation Society: Endemic Birds of Palau, PalauConservation.org: Ngerel a Biib NEWSletter January 2019, The Condor Journal of The Cooper Ornithological Society: Notes on the Taxonomy Natural History and Status of the Resident Birds of Palau – Myiagra erythrops Mangrove Flycatcher par Harold Douglas Pratt et alii, 

BADUSA-RALM: Botany.cz: Badusa Palauensis Valeton par Vít Grulich, Archive.org ou BiodiversityLibrary.org: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences volume 4 – Notes upon some Rubiaceæ collected in the South Sea Exploring Expedition under Captain Wilkes – Badusa novum genus par Asa Gray, National Tropical Botanical Garden Hawaii Allertonia: A synopsis of the indigenous genera of Pacific Rubiaceae par Steven P. Darwin, Blumea Naturalis.nl: A revision of Badusa Rubiaceae Condamineae Portlandiinae par Colin Ernest Ridsdale, American Journal of Botany BSApubs.onlinelibrary.Wiley.com: Molecular systematics of the Catesbaeeae-Chiococceae complex Rubiaceae – flower and fruit evolution and biogeographic implications par Timothy J. Motley et alii, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences Jircas.go.jp: Agriculture in Palau – Ecology in Palau par Christopher Kitalong et David Mason, Sprep.org: Conservation in a changing world – Palau Conservation Society 2008 to 2009 Achievements and Activities Report, 

CHAUVE-SOURIS: University of Texas Press: Prehistoric Architecture in Micronesia par William N. Morgan, Tekinged.com: olik er a idabeluochel, IUCNredlist.org: Pteropus pelewensis Palau Flying Fox par Gary Wiles & Dave L. Waldien, Zoological Society of London – Journal of Zoology ZSLpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com: Abundance biology and human exploitation of bats in the Palau Islands par Gary J. Wiles et alii, Elsevier’s ScienceDirect.com Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: Each flying fox on its own branch – A phylogenetic tree for Pteropus and related genera par Francisca C. Almeida et alia, 

TERMINALIA MYROBOLAN: Trésor de la Langue Française informatisé Atilf.fr: Badamier et Myrobolan, Phytomania.com: Badamier Myrobolan, Sustainable Bioresources.com: Terminalia catappa India almond, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources University of Hawaiʻi Ctahr.Hawaii.edu: Tropical-almond, Traditional Trees Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry.org: Terminalia catappa Tropical Almond par Lex A. J. Thomson et Barry Evans, Pharmacognosy Reviews Phcogrev.com: An updated review of Terminalia catappa par Arumugam Vijaya Anand et alia, International Journal of Green Pharmacy GreenPharmacy.info: A review on medicinal potential of Terminalia catappa par Pranjali Chole et Lokesh Ravi, International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology IJRASET.com: Traditional Uses of Terminalia catappa and its Validation by Phytochemical Screening par Surekha A. Kalkar et Vanashree J. Parsodkar, European Academic Research Euacademic.org: Biological studies on leaves of Tropical Almond Terminalia catappa par Bushra Habibullah et alia,

HIRONDELLE ARTAMUS LEUCORYN: eBird.org: Langrayen à ventre blanc – Ngardmau, Encyclopédie holistique des oiseaux ValerySchollaert.wordpress.com: Langrayen à ventre blanc Artamus leucoryn, Noms français des oiseaux du monde NFOM – Université de Sherbrooke USherbrooke.ca: langrayen, Inpn.MNHN.fr: Artamus leucoryn – Langrayen à ventre blanc – Hirondelle busière, BirdForum.net: White-breasted Woodswallow, Australian.Museum: White-breasted Woodswallow, MDahlem.net: White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus, TheGuardian.com: Mystery bird white-breasted woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus, BirdLife.org: White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucoryn par Jonathan Ekstrom et alia -et- Important Bird Areas in Palau Protecting Palau’s Natural Heritage – White-breasted Woodswallow Mengaluliu Artamus leucorhynchus par Tiare T. Holm et aliae, BelauNationalMuseum.net: Abundance of Birds in Palau based on Surveys – White-breasted Woodswallow/Mengaluliu Artamus leucorynchus pelewensis par Eric A. VanderWerf et Erika Dittmar, The Condor Journal of The Cooper Ornithological Society: Notes on the Taxonomy Natural History and Status of the Resident Birds of Palau – Artamus leucorhynchus pelewensis White-breasted Woodswallow par Harold Douglas Pratt et alii, PalauGov.pw: State of the Environment Report 2019 – Mengaluliu White-breasted Woodswallow par Glenn McKinlay, 

SECONDE GUERRE-BABELDAOB: University of Adelaide Adelaide.edu.au: Through the looking glass – Palauan experiences of war and reconstruction par Karen R. Walter, Tekinged.com – National Museum of Ethnology Osaka: Palauan Children under Japanese Rule – Their Oral Histories par Maki Mita, 

NGARDMAU WATERFALL: Palau Explorer Palaugov.net: Ngardmau Waterfall – A Majestic Natural Wonder in Palau, Seacology.org: Ngardmau Waterfall, Palau SoulTrips Palau.co: Ngardmau Waterfalls – Discover the Soul of Ngardmau Where Nature and Legend Unite, AlluringWorld.com: Ngardmau Waterfall, K-in-motion.com: The Tallest Waterfall in The Untouched Pacific Paradise of Palau, Palau Dive Adventures.com: Palau Points of Interest – The Ngardmau Waterfall in Babeldaob, Palau Travel & Dive Photolog PalauDiving.wordpress.com: Other Things to Do in Palau – Babeldaob Island Ngardmau Falls par Jim Caldwell, Travel Guide of the Island Palau Palaujack.blogspot.com: Land Activities – Ngardmau Waterfall, Island-Girl-acs.blogspot.com: From Sea to Sky!, 

MINES DE BAUXITE: Ouchacha.wordpress.com: Aluminum Work is Fun par Jim Geselbracht, Books.Google.fr: U. S. Geological Survey Military Geology Section – Preliminary Report on the Bauxite Deposits of Babelthuap Island par Josiah Bridge, Jstage.jst.go.jp Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan: Nan’yō guntō kyū Nihon inin tōchi-ryō ni okeru kaitaku no jittai to genjō ni kansuru kenkyū – Paraokyōwakoku baberudaobu shima no nōchi kaitaku to bōkisaito saikutsu no jirei / A study on the past and present conditions of the development sites of the Japanese colony in Micronesia – A case study at the plantations and the bauxite mining lands on the Babeldaob Island par Akiko Iida et alia, 

NGERULMUD: AlluringWorld.com: Capitol Building, Vdio.com: Ngerulmud Capital City of Palau par Kobe Dallas, The Honolulu Advertiser.com: Pride in Palau for new Capitol par Mike Leidemann, History of Yesterday.com: The Story of the World’s Weirdest Capital City par João Pedro Fernandes, PalauTimes.jp: Marukyoku no kankō gaido – Parao shin shuto no rekishi ya meisho tsuā jōhō made / Guide touristique de Melekeok – Histoire sites et informations touristiques sur la nouvelle capitale des Palaos, Australian National University Anu.edu.au: Pacific island heritage archaeology identity & community – Oral tradition and archaeology Palau’s earth architecture par Jolie Liston et Melson Miko, University of Hawai’i Pacific Science Hawaii.edu: Palauan Fish Names par Gene S. Helfman et John E. Randall, Scuba.Spanglers.com: Palau Angelfishes and Damselfishes, 

STORYBOARD: TebangWoodcarving.com: About Storyboard, Palau.co: Storyboards Carved Art Form Itabori, PacificNote.com: A Tradition Carved In Wood A Business Of Passion par Bernadette H. Carreon, IndigenousJesus.blogspot.com: Storyboard Carvings of Palau, KpvCollection.com Glimpses of Micronesia: Living Art Palau’s Story Tellers par Bill Lockhart, JohngSwogger.files.wordpress.com: Palauan Storyboard – Comics and the narrative context of archaeological fieldwork, University of Pennsylvania Penn.museum Expedition Magazine: The Palauan Storyboards From Traditional Architecture to Airport Art par DeVerne Reed Smith, Tekinged.com ou Byuh.edu Pacific Studies: The Breadfruit Tree Story Mythological Transformations in Palauan Politics – From Bai Beam to Storyboard to Paintings and Campaign Billboards par Karen L. Nero, University of Arizona Arizona.edu: Lochukle a Palauan art tradition par Earl Wesley Jernigan, PacificDigitalLibrary.org East-West Center: Story board narrative in the visual arts – Palauan Story Boards par Sam Adelbai, Hawaii.edu Palau Community Action Agency: The Palauan Handicraft Guide-Book and Storyboard Stories Kldachelbai ra Belau par Goree Ramarui et Rita Limberg.

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