Coral and Giant Clam restoration (by Vatuvara Foundation)

Vatuvara Foundation (in center in Kaibu Island where their resort is https://tropicalislands.net/yacata-and-kaibu-islands/ ) started last year coral observation and restoration project in Yacata and Kaibu Islands. They are dedicated to ocean and environmental protection in their and surrounding islands.  This restoration project came from the urgent need as climate change…

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Atoll research Bulletin – Walter M. Goldberg

Atoll research Bulletin - Walter M. Goldberg https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304573204_Atolls_of_the_World_Revisiting_the_Original_Checklist And this is a must literature for all island lovers and scientists/researchers! Here you have a detailed description of atolls worldwide, and almost all atolls in the world are mentioned. You can read about their formation, types, lagoons, passes etc etc... Very…

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Poisoner – Immoral man whose owned Dunk Island for years

POISONER - Peter Bond, a rich man whose firm Linc Energy was worth over a billion, and he weighed about half a billion. His company collapsed after it was determined that it was causing a dangerous problem and polluting the environment. The Australian Minister for the Environment described it literally…

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Great Keppel Island issues

(About Great Keppel Island here https://tropicalislands.net/great-keppel-island/ ) As one of the most famous islands in Queensland, Great Keppel Island is not without issues as well. Here we have an example of potential risk and treat for the environment, and this is just one of many examples, not just in Australia…

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Coconut – Tree of life (examples of different uses)

Coconut plantation in Philippines The coconut is one of the most important fruit of the tropical islands, especially there where no water is present as it can save lives. Coconuts are very resilient, which means that they can be grown in a wide variety of soils. They do require a…

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Direct examples of main ecological problems

Plastic trash on beaches. The worst is on Henderson Island (in Pitcern Islands, South Pacific) where sea currents eject plastic at the coast. In 2017, scientists wrote in the report that there were an estimated 38 million plastic garbage on the island and weighing about 18 tons. They say that…

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Ecological problems in islands and atolls

Unfortunately, even the remote isolated tropics are not without problems. People used to massively cut down jungles, vegetation, polluting the islands. Especially when the colonialists came, the problems increased. The colonialists brought rats with their ships. To the rats, the tropical climate suited them, so they quickly swarmed, destroying domestic…

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Solving problems

Solving problems is often a lengthy process, and it takes a lot of effort to see some results. Environmental movements, agencies and states have invested a lot of effort and money to protect nature in the islands, protect atolls, reefs and the aquatic world as much as possible. Through laws…

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About Scientific literature

This is Scientific literature category.  Here we write about some online books, researches and similar, regarding tropical islands (for example, a book about atolls, research about pollution on islands, ecosystem etc...). And when possible, we post links if anyone wants to see and download.

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About problems and solutions

In this category we write about ecological problems and their solutions in the islands (some direct examples of ecological disasters, some direct examples of solving, healing etc...)

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