The media has been flooded with reports from islanders protesting on their streets over massive tourism and its effect on local housing opportunities, natural resource management, and life quality for the residential communities.
Since the pandemic, tourism rates have reached historic highs, particularly during summertime.
The Balearic Islands in Spain, as well as the Greek, Italian and Portuguese Islands are currently suffering from obscene property prices and displaced residents, as the governmental entities try to introduce balanced measures to protect residents without destabilising their economic status.
Covering and discussing these topics is essential to our events, including the upcoming Virtual Island Summit. Join us from September 9-13 to be part of the sustainability conversation.
The greenest games ever? How claims of Olympic sustainability hit a reef in Tahiti
A greener games? Certainly that is what Paris promised when it made environmental sustainability, innovation and leadership central to its successful bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Organising Committee promised “historic” progress on climate goals, halving the carbon footprint of previous games in Rio and London.
SIDS “fight” to maintain “special case” status at UN
While the fourth Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) Conference may have concluded on May 30 in Antigua and Barbuda, stakeholders are committed to their advocacy efforts with the hope of ensuring that SIDS remain classified as a “special case” for sustainable development.
Expedition to Marika Natural Park rediscovers lost species
In the forest of Makira Natural Park in Madagascar, 16 scientists embarked on a three-week expedition to search for 30 lost species. Ornithologists, herpetologists, entomologists, arachnologists, ichthyologists and a primatologist set to work under tree canopies, on riverbanks, in streams and in the wet undergrowth of the rainforest floor.
