Galápagos National Park
Since 1959 the Galápagos National Park has provided protection to the diverse and unique ecosystems of the Galápagos Islands.
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Underwater Cabinet Meeting in the Republic of the Maldives
President of the Republic of the Maldives, Mohammed Nasheed and 13 government officials hold an underwater cabinet meeting in Girifushi on 17 October 2009, to call attention to the threat of global warming on the island nation.
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Dubai Palm Islands
The Palm Islands on the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are the three largest man-made islands being built, their development started in June 2001.
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Lōʻihi Seamount’s Earthquake Swarm
The seamount Lōʻihi showed significant seismic activity in the form of an earthquake swarm; over 4,000 earthquakes occurred during less than a month, so far a singular activity.
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The End of Time
Beautiful Islands
Director Tomoko Kana compares three islands in different geographies and their adaptation to the impact of climate change through a portrayalof the inhabitants’ daily lives.
Troubles with Turtles: Cultural Understandings of the Environment on a Greek Island
Troubles with Turtles provides an enthusiastic and provocative anthropological account of human-environment relationships in the island community of the village Vassilikos, Zakynthos, Greece.
A Venetian Island: Environment, History and Change in Burano
Based on ethnographic and archival data, this in-depth study of the Venetian island of Burano shows how its inhabitants develop their sense of a distinct identity.
Rising Waters: Global Warming and the Fate of the Pacific Islands
This documentary approaches global warming with relation to the human and cultural dimension in several Pacific inslands.
Review of From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba: An Environmental History since 1492 by Reinaldo Funes Monzote
A review of the revised English translation, published 2008, of the prize-winning Spanish original De bosque a sabana: azúcar, deforestación y medio ambiente en Cuba, 1492–1926 (2004).