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Illegal Drugs Transit through the Pacific Islands

Explore the routes of illegal drug shipments from South America to Australia and New Zealand, focusing on cocaine transit through the Pacific Islands. Analyze the spatial patterns, temporal patterns, and factors contributing to the rise in production and trafficking. Understand the geographic concepts of change and interaction in the context of drug trade.

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Illegal Drugs Transit through the Pacific Islands

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  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 https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/high-seas

  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 • 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) • Draw a graph of this data. • Why might it be hard to verify these statistics?

  7. Task 4: Colombia’s Coca Growers https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/high-seas 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 2016 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 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/two-more-men-admit-their-guilt-over-biggest-cocaine-bust-in-new-zealand-time 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.

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