Biodiversité

Ainsi, l’ère industrielle, qui porte à son acmé l’appétit humain de domination de la nature, s’accompagne en négatif d’appels à ce que l’homme prométhéen, cet « apprenti sorcier », cesse son combat contre la nature.

Climate change impacts island communities all over the world. Sea-level rise, an increase in the frequency and intensity of severe weather events, and changes in distribution and health of marine organisms are among the most significant processes affecting island communities worldwide. On islands of the Caribbean and southwestern Indian Ocean (SWIO), however, today’s climate change impacts are magnified by historical environmental injustice and colonial legacies, which have heightened the vulnerability of human and other biotic communities.