Current and future climate-related drivers of risk for small islands during the 21st century
include sea level rise (SLR), tropical and extratropical cyclones, increasing air and sea …

Human land use and climate change threaten ecosystems and natural resources,
particularly on remote islands such as the Azores Archipelago in the North Atlantic. Since …

The present paper addresses the conservation planning and management issues of
terrestrial ecosystems with particular insight to small islands (with examples of application in …

It is increasingly recognised that designing and implementing adaptive land management
and development policies for the coastal zone requires an interdisciplinary and integrated …

Coastal development in small islands needs adapting to climate and ecosystem changes in
the Anthropocene era. Understanding variability of coastal vulnerability along the entire …

Dendroclimatic records in areas with high relative humidity and low thermal amplitude are
manifestly scarcer and only a few studies are applied to species that are present in areas …

Incorporating values, views and expectations held by local stakeholders is fundamental to
the management of marine protected areas (MPAs), particularly in small islands where …

The Jamaican tourism industry is very climate sensitive, and, like most Caribbean islands,
Jamaica's main tourism product is coastal, centered on “sun, sea and sand”. The island is …

Increasing energy production through renewable sources is a challenge for islands. This
paper investigates the potential of hydropower as a renewable energy source for islands in …

Abstract In the Mid-Atlantic Azores, the emergence of a seasonal ecotourism shark diving
industry strongly contrasts with a North Atlantic shark fishery for regional, national and …