1. Illegal Drugs Transit through the Pacific Islands

2. Geographic Concept
Interaction Involves elements of an environment affecting each other and being linked together. Interaction incorporates movement, flows, connections, links and interrelationships which work together and may be one or two way interactions. Landscapes are the visible outcome of interactions. Interaction can bring about environmental change.

3. Resources

4. Task 1
Use the map and The Guardian articles to draw on the routes of the drug shipments from South America to Australia and New Zealand

5. Task 2: Illegal Cocaine Seizures
LOCATION
AMOUNT
New Caledonia
1400 kg
Tahiti
436kg
Fiji
12.9kg
Brisbane
100kg
Vanuatu
276kg
Use the map of the Pacific Islands and draw a bar graph next to each location showing how much cocaine was seized.
Describe the temporal pattern your graphs and map show.

6. Task 3: COLOMBIA COCA PRODUCTION (ACRES)
YEAR
COCA AREA CULTIVATION (ACRES)
1985
32,123
1990
99,089
1998
197,684
2007
244,634
2017
422,550
Draw a graph of this data.
Why might it be hard to verify these statistics?

7. Task 4: Colombia’s Coca Growers
Find the article on Colombia Coca farmers
Where it all begins: Colombia's peasant farmers fuel Pacific drug trade
How much has coca production increased in hectares between and 2017?
What is causing this increase in production?
What is the price of cocaine per gram in Australia compared to the USA?

8. Task 5
Describe the spatial pattern of coca production in Colombia.

9. Task 6: Flow Diagram
Draw a flow diagram to illustrate how the trade in cocaine through the Pacific Islands has bought about changes for Pacific Island countries. Clearly support your diagram with specific evidence from the resources.

10. Cocaine seized in New Zealand
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View the video clip and answer these questions:
What reason did the NZ Police give for why the cocaine was smuggled into NZ?
What was the value and quantity of the cocaine seized?

11. Task 7 - Paragraph Question
Explain how the geographic concepts of change and interaction apply to the transit of illegal drugs through the Pacific Islands. In your answer you should specifically refer to the two concepts AND include specific information from the different resources.