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Oceans
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Coastal Areas
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Small Islands
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Resources on
Small Islands
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State of
Oceans
Coasts
ISLANDS
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"Islands are ... naturally formed, surrounded by water, and are above sea level during high tide" UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, Article 121
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Comments, addtions and references to the above are welcome. Please send then to Hari Srinivas - hsrinivas@gdrc.org
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Many small island, rural and indigenous communities are already facing the
first impacts of climate change. Their high vulnerability relates to their
reliance upon resource-based livelihoods and the locations and
configurations of their lands and territories.
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Of the 6 billion people in the world, one out of ten lives on an island (600 million).
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