[ISL] Five islands links: Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Fiji

[rfmcdonald]

• I found, from somewhere in the blogosphere, a 1982 essay by June Jordan, "Report from the Bahamas." How can solidarity and identity be established across great distances, geographic and otherwise, in a globalized world?


• This analysis by Lyman Stone of the impact of Hurricane Maria on the already dire demographics of Puerto Rico is worth reading. Population decline will be at least as sharp as in Ireland and Corsica.


• Will making Cape Breton a province separate from Nova Scotia, as suggested by independent senator Dan Christmas, do anything to stop the island's sharp decline? The Cape Breton Post reports.


• Climate change and sea level rise may effectively make mainland Nova Scotia an island, cutting the dike-protected roads on the Isthmus of Chignecto. VICE reports.


• Fiji is preparing for an influx of climate change refugees from other, lower-lying and poorer, island nations in the Pacific. Bloomberg reports.

Comments

[dewline]

3. Unama'ki/Cape Breton as its own province? Well, if we throw in proposals for Vancouver Island, Toronto, maybe the Ottawa-Montréal corridor region as well?

4. A disturbing prospect.