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Integrated Biodiversity
Strategies
for Islands and Coastal Areas
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IBSICA seeks to
identify how living conditions can be improved on
islands and coastal zones, with sensible use of
biodiversity for the benefit of local
populations. Areas of terrestrial and coastal
ecosystems are identified as Biosphere
Reserves. These
areas are designed with a view to conserving the
diversity of plants, animals and micro-organisms
that make up the "biosphere" while also
meeting the material needs and aspirations of the
local people.
The aim is to reconcile conservation of natural
resources with their sustainable use. This
inevitably involves mediating between the
conflicting interests and pressures that go hand
in hand with land-use development. Coastal areas
and islands are particularly prone to such
conflicts due to the limited space and resources.
Establishing a biosphere reserve is an enormous
challenge, since it involves the planning and
co-ordination of all the activities that take
place there. The benefit to the local community
is that it can respond sensibly to external
political, economic and social pressures, to help
preserve the ecological and cultural values of
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