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| name = Taro Island |
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| image_map = Choiseulandneighbourhood.png |
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| mapsize = 300px |
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| map_caption = Choiseul and neighbouring islands (Taro not shown) |
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| pushpin_map = Solomon Islands |
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| pushpin_label_position = bottom |
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| pushpin_mapsize = 300 |
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Solomon Islands |
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| coordinates = {{coord|06|42|41|S|156|23|47|E|region:SB|display=inline}} |
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| subdivision_type = Country |
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| subdivision_name = [[Solomon Islands]] |
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| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Solomon Islands|Province]] |
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Choiseul Province|Choiseul]] |
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| area_total_km2 = 0.44 |
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| population_as_of = 2009 |
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| population_total = 507 |
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| population_density_k,2 = auto |
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| elevation_m = 25 |
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}} |
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In September 2012, groundbreaking for the construction of a police housing project began. The project will be supervised by the [[Choiseul Province]] police board, and will strengthen police presence on the island.<ref>[http://www.solomonstarnews.com/news/national/15798-taro-police-housing-project-underway Taro Police Housing Project] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130202191750/http://www.solomonstarnews.com/news/national/15798-taro-police-housing-project-underway |date=2013-02-02 }}, By Jennifer Kakai, 24 August 2012, Solomon Star News</ref> |
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The island is very vulnerable to [[sea level rise]]. In 2016, [[John A. Church]], [[Colin Woodroffe]], and other Australian researchers from [[CSIRO]] predicted that Taro Island would become the first provincial capital globally to relocate residents and services due to the threat of sea level rise.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Peralta|first1=Eyder|title='Window Into The Future': Scientists Document Disappearing Islands|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/10/477511597/window-into-the-future-scientists-document-disappearing-islands|accessdate=10 May 2016|work=[[NPR]]|date=10 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Albert|first1=Simon|title=Interactions between sea-level rise and wave exposure on reef island dynamics in the Solomon Islands|journal=Environmental Research Letters|volume=11|issue=5|pages=054011|publisher=IOP Publishing|doi=10.1088/1748-9326/11/5/054011|year=2016}}</ref> |
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06°42′41″S 156°23′47″E / 6.71139°S 156.39639°E
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