[00:00.21]Perhaps the fate of Easter Island
[00:02.74]was not sealed by the human who felled that last tree,
[00:06.35]but by the rat that ate the last palm nut
[00:10.14]Other South Pacific islands
[00:11.38]have also seen civilisations rise and fall,
[00:14.85]though none have left such dramatic reminders of their passing
[00:18.51]as the giant statues of the Rapa Nui
[00:22.38]Now re-erected,
[00:23.54]they've come to symbolise
[00:25.11]how precarious life can be on an isolated island
[00:29.48]For this island has not been abandoned
[00:31.93]A few Rapa Nui survived,
[00:34.2]and now they're thriving once more,
[00:36.3]entertaining visitors from the outside world
[00:39.14]Trees have been planted,
[00:40.93]though it's too late for the unique creatures that once lived here
[00:44.59]Elsewhere, on islands throughout the Pacific,
[00:47.23]there is still time
[00:48.77]People are working hard
[00:50.0]to remove the creatures that don't belong here
[00:52.60]and make space once again for the curiosities,
[00:55.76]from kagus to kakapo,
[00:57.69]that make the South Pacific such a uniquely wonderful world