Drifting as Consolation in Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost by Judith MISRAHI-BARAK

“…Sent by a human rights group to investigate mass burials, Sri Lankan-born and North American-educated Anil Tissera returns to her native island as a forensic anthropologist after 15 years away. …”
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Geotourism and Geoconservation on the Isle of Wight, UK: Balancing Science with Commerce by Martin Simpson

“…I have spent over 40 years living on the Island and working in the tourist industry running geology field-trips for both academics and tourists, and managing one of the longest running geological gift shops. …”
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Distribution of Atmospheric Aerosol over the South China Sea by Shih-Jen Huang, Chen-Chih Lin

“…High correlation coefficients are found between in situ AERONET data and satellite AOD measurements around the SCS with the highest coefficient of 0.9 on the Dongsha Island (i.e., Pratas Island). The empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis of AOD over the SCS shows that high AOD is always found around offshore areas of China, Indochina, Sumatra, and Borneo. …”
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Everyday Magic or Winter Haunting? Kevin Sullivan’s Supernatural Re-Visioning of L. M. Montgomery’s Jane of Lantern Hill by Heidi Lawrence

“…Montgomery’s Jane of Lantern Hill employs the natural magic of “Jane Victoria” Stuart’s environment to convey psychological changes and healing for the main character in what appears to be an immersive fantasy comprised of a Prince Edward Island that provides a magical setting for Jane’s emotional and social development. …”
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Working with all nations and all relatives in feeding the future by Shaileshkumar Shukla

“…Many international agencies (including those affiliated with the United Nations), food systems scholars, grassroots organizations, and community members are grappling with the very imminent challenges of addressing the alarmingly high level of food insecurity in Turtle Island (Council of Canadian Academics, 2014; Fieldhouse & Thompson, 2012) and the global South (Kuhnlein et al., 2013). …”
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BASIS ETIKA LINGKUNGAN HIDUP MASYARAKAT TRADISIONAL MADURA by Hasani Utsman

“…For land use context, the cosmology of Maduranese traditional society is more complicated and rigorous, because the ecological factors of Madura are dominated by uneven mooring compared to the ecology of Java Island which is dominated by rice fields. The Maduranese's traditional society belief system to nature seems more syncretic than the tradition of the people in Java Island.…”
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Numerical Survey of Contaminant Transport and Self-Cleansing of Water in Nador Lagoon, Morocco by E. M. Chaabelasri, A. Amahmouj, M. Jeyar, A. G. L. Borthwick, N. Salhi, I. Elmahi

“…Numerical simulations are presented of the flow hydrodynamics and hypothetical contaminant dispersion patterns in Nador Lagoon, a shallow lagoon with a barrier island situated on the coast of Morocco. It is found that the natural circulation forced by the tidal flow in the lagoon is greatly affected by the development of an artificial inlet in the barrier island. …”
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La maison urbaine, cadre de production du statut et du genre à Anjouan (Comores), XVIIe-XIXe siècles by Sophie Blanchy

“…Within the Swahili worlds, the island societies of the Comoros have retained, despite the adoption of Islam, a matrilocal marital residence rule and even, for two of them, matrilineal filiation groups. …”
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Spider Calls by Wm. T. Davis

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Sharks in Macaronesia and Cabo Verde: species richness, conservation status and anthropogenic pressures by Jaquelino Varela, Jaquelino Varela, Catarina Pereira Santos, Catarina Pereira Santos, Catarina Pereira Santos, Emanuel Nunes, Emanuel Nunes, Vasco Pissarra, Vasco Pissarra, Stiven Pires, Bárbara P. Ribeiro, Bárbara P. Ribeiro, Eduarda Vieira, Eduarda Vieira, Tiago Repolho, Tiago Repolho, Nuno Queiroz, Nuno Queiroz, Rui Freitas, Rui Rosa, Rui Rosa, Rui Rosa

“…Cabo Verde presents fewer similarities with the rest of the islands. We also found that: i) Azores share more species with the Canary Islands than Madeira (despite the greater geographical proximity with the latter), and ii) there are no oviparous species in the Cabo Verde archipelago, contrary to the Canary Islands (5), the Azores (4), and Madeira (3). …”
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Suitability analysis of Lampung Bay waters for grouper Epinephelus sp. farming activities by Herman Yulianto, Agus Hartoko, Sutrisno Anggoro, Qadar Hasani, Dwi Mulyasih, Putu Cinthia Delis

“…Marine area that could be used for grouper farming was 33,847.12 hectares (S1: 15,712.6 ha, S2: 13,294.7 ha and S3: 4,209.82 ha) in the area around Puhawang Island, Kelagian Island, Maitem Island, Tegal Island to Hurun Bay.   …”
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Indicadores de conexão informacional na Comunidade Fluvial Rolim de Moura do Guaporé – Rondônia by Aldenilson Costa, Fernanda Santos Estrada, Maria Aguiar Pacheco, Nubia Caramello

“…The article investigates the use of information and communication technologies in Rolim de Moura do Guaporé community, a fluvial island of difficult access located more than 800 km from the capital of Rondônia, Porto Velho. …”
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Segmentation by recreation experiences of demand in coastal and marine destinations: A study in Galapagos, Ecuador. by Mauricio Carvache-Franco, Lidija Bagarić, Orly Carvache-Franco, Wilmer Carvache-Franco

“…The study was conducted in the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador, and 407 valid questionnaires were collected on-site. …”
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Grenadian cats as potential reservoir for Leptospira. by Keith K Kalasi, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Diana Stone, Talia Guttin, Andy Alhassan

“…These observations support the hypothesis that Grenadian cat populations may be a reservoir host for zoonotic Leptospira on the Island.…”
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Local residents’ attitudes towards the impact of tourism development in Cape Verde by Sandra María Sánchez Cañizares, Julia M. Núñez Tabales, Fernando J. Fuentes García

“…In this paper, we analyse the perceptions and attitudes of residents in an emerging tourist destination: the island country of Cape Verde (Africa). A survey and multivariate analysis is used for the analysis. …”
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Navigating the Digital Landscape Spatially: Assessing P2P Lending Influence on Banking Performance and Risk in Indonesia by Fitri Susilowati, Suryanto Suryanto

“…When researchers attempted to compare the disparities in the influence of P2P lending on risk, they discovered no differences between Java Island and outside Java Island. It implies that government policies encouraging financial institutions' development with digital platforms do not cause banking performance to decline. …”
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Primary Cutaneous Follicle Centre Lymphoma with Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg Like Cells: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Fatima A. Aldarweesh, Diana O. Treaba

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Congenital Rhabdomyosarcoma Presenting as a Neck Mass at Birth by Leah E. Waldman, Alex K. Williamson, John B. Amodio, Lee Collins

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Tourism activities and companies in a sustainable adventure tourism destination: the Azores by João Ponte, Gualter Couto, Pedro Pimentel, André Oliveira

“…The Azores is one of the most sustainable nature-based island destinations in the world. Local tourism activities companies are vital to tourists’ adventure experiences. …”
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Dalla sovranità alla convivialità: strategie di sopravvivenza agroalimentare in Sardegna by Fabio Parascandolo, Maurizio Fadda

“…Unlike other geographical contexts of the Mediterranean world characterised by continentality and intense trade interconnections, the island of Sardinia – particularly in its inland and mountainous areas – for millennia remained populated by rural communities that had to rely on their own strength to survive. …”
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