[ISL] Five islands notes: Caribbean and Jamaica migration, Diomedes, Indonesia, Finland

[rfmcdonald]

• Lyman Stone, at In A State of Migration, takes a look at the slow population growth in even the well-off Caribbean, thanks to substantial emigration.


• At Jamaica Observer, Edward Seaga summarizes the history of Jamaican emigration--economically necessary--and worries about the impact of Trump.


• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait takes a look at Big Diomede and Little Diomede, two islands in the Bering Strait that not only have different sovereigns (the US and Russia) but different dates, too.


• Russell Darnley takes a look at how the indigenous population of Siberut, an Indonesian island west of Sumatra, are dealing with the effects of deforestation and cultural disruption.


• Global News reports on an entrepreneur who wants to make an island in Finland into a women-only resort.