This is a collection of website
links that concern various issues related to the
sustainable development of remote island
societies. Please report any dead links via email and
feel free to recommend any websites or documents
you think might complement the selection.
Integrated Biodiversity
Strategies for Islands and Coastal Areas
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.
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website
Social
Choice, Welfare Distributions and Poverty
Amartya Sen was awarded
the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998 for his
contributions to the field of welfare economics.
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info >> Go to
website
International
Scientific Council for Island Development
An independent body
helping to bring together people who consider
islands and their progress to be a shared
heritage. Aims to contribute to the economic,
social and cultural progress of islands
throughout the world, as well as to the
protection of island environment and the
development of their resources.
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info >> Go to
website
Renewable
Energy on Small Islands
An overview of renewable
energy on small islands, preparing for global
co-operation and networking among Renewable
Energy Islands (REI’s).
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info >> Go to
website
Socio-cultural
dimensions of island development
Addresses the issue of
sustainability from the standpoint that cultural
diversity is as important a factor for
development as biological diversity, insofar as
it involves the existence of a process of
exchanges, open to renewal and innovation but
also committed to tradition, and not aiming at
the preservation of a static set of behaviours,
values and expressions.
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info >> Go to
website
Sustainable
Development of Small Island Economies
Covers issues related to
the insular economies of small islands and the
importance of developing policies that pursue
sustainable development.
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info >> Go to
website
Small
Island Developing States Network
SIDSnet covers themes
such as sustainable tourism, coastal and marine
resources, biodiversity, climate change, energy
and trade. The website includes discussion
forums, chat conferences, focused searching,
document submission and storage, mailing lists,
events calendar and links to relevant web sites.
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info >> Go to
website
Island
Resources Foundation
The Foundation is
dedicated to solving the environmental problems
of development in small tropical islands to
ensure long-term strategies are implemented for
the public management of the precious and
delicate resources of small islands.
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info >> Go to
website
Sustainable
Tourism Development
Discusses the
environmental, socio-cultural and economic
impacts of tourism.
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info >> Go to
website
Permaculture
Permaculture is a system
of sustainable agriculture intended to enrich
local eco-systems.
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info >> Go to
website (Indonesian
& English).
People
and Plants International
The PPI network brings together
local and international experts to combine
traditional knowledge and biological sciences in
the most advanced and integrated development,
conservation, and education projects.
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Soil
salinization
This
article explains what salinization is, how to
recognize it and how to deal with it; including a
case study involving an ecological farming system
that helps to prevent salinization occurring.
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article
Skyjuice
Foundation
The Skyjuice Foundation supplies
quality drinking water systems to developing
nations. Their primary target groups are
communities and families who do not have access
to reticulated clean water. Their secondary
target groups are persons and/or communities
affected by natural disasters who require
immediate clean and safe potable water.
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