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Ecological education

US Virgin Islands plan to build its first artificial reef to protect itself from heavy storms

As climate change takes its toll and the effects get worse, many countries developed their own various strategies to adapt or at least lower consequences. In this case United States Virgin Islands. That Caribbean state is planning to build its own artificial coral reef as possible protection for severe storms. …

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January 26, 2024
Ecological education

Rare island rhino: the Sumatran rhinoceros

About two months ago, in late November 2023. many worldwide news platforms covered the news that a rare cub of the Sumatran rhinoceros was born in a national park in Indonesia, and it is the second cub of an endangered species that was born in that park this year. So,…

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January 26, 2024
Problems and solutions

Plastic pollution example – Henderson Island

Henderson Island is an island in the Pitcairn Islands, South Pacific. Its size is 9216 acres (3729ha). Its dimensions are 9.6 by 5.1 kilometers. Henderson Island is located about 196km northeast of Pitcairn. 10 out of 51 species of plants are unique to this island as well as 4 birds…

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February 23, 2023
Problems and solutions

Ecosystem Healing – Palmyra Atoll

Palmyra Atoll or Palmyra Island is an atoll in the Central Pacific Ocean. It is part of Line islands (almost all belong to Kiribati except Palmyra and Kingman Reef, both belonging to the USA), and is the second northern island (only Kingman Reef is northern from Palmyra). Its size is…

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February 23, 2023
Scientific literature

Island Ecosystem at ScienceDirect

There are some good educational topics on ScienceDirect about ecosystems on tropical islands that are useful to read. Some can be read directly. For example ,,4.1 Island Ecosystem and Endemism" ,,Applications for Societal Benefits",,Land Shaping Methods for Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal and Island Region" ,,5.5 Conservation of Corals" and…

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January 12, 2023
Scientific literature

Pacific Islands Pilot (1920)

I just found out e-book on Google books ,,Pacific islands Pilot" part II from 1920. It writes about many islands and passages/ancorages which were known for that time. Interestingly, I found there some information about less known islands which I could not find in more recent sources across the internet,…

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December 27, 2021
Problems and solutions

A sunken ship with chemicals caused severe water pollution in Sri Lanka

As if there are not enough threats to the environment around, a new type of it recently occurred. On May 20, a cargo ship from (The Singapore-registered X-Press Pearl) was set on fire, due to a nitric acid leak. It was burning for almost two weeks causing serious environmental disaster!…

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August 3, 2021
Problems and solutions

Fiji’s coral reef recover after five years of deadly cyclone

According to The Guardian we have good news. Five years after the disastrous cyclone Winston (which heavily damaged and destroyed reefs and land, caused strong winds up to 300km/h), the reefs are alive again, with plenty of fish within them. Wildlife Conservation Society recently led an expedition to observe the progress…

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April 15, 2021
Problems and solutions

Principality of Islandia Micronation/Let’s Buy an Island project

Many people dream to start their own countries. Many dream to buy an island and escape there. But the combination of those two, buying an island (tropical) and start your own ,,country" is tempting! And yes, it actually happened! In the past there were many attempts to start their own…

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July 20, 2020
Problems and solutions

Motu Matatahi Association

Club Fortuna https://www.clubfortuna.net which consisting of members (until recently) Julia Rublow, Xenia Lesniewski, Sarah Sternat, Kurdwin Ayub and Nana Mandl, a few years ago (more precisely back in 2016) came to idea to collectively purchase the island in order to send message to the world. Those awesome girls and artists…

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July 17, 2020