Island Ecology

The Need for Its Research and Education for Conservation

Ana Cano Ortiz, Eusebio Cano Carmona

• Publisher: IntechOpen
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN:
  9781836346593
• eBook ISBN:
  9781836346586
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Index: Biological Sciences

This book explores new technologies for environmental studies, including the analysis of vegetation cover and landscapes, as well as topics of high social interest, such as marine plastic pollution and the emergence of red tides caused by toxic algae blooms resulting from climate change. Some chapters also explore the need to enhance environmental education in schools. Therefore, teachers and researchers can use this information in their professional experience. Serious environmental problems, stemming from pollution and climate change, significantly impact socioeconomic development, giving rise to social conflicts, with migration being a key issue among them. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct further scientific research and education, both of which are essential to mitigating the various catastrophic effects society is subjected to.

Table of contents

• Island Ecology - The Need for Its Research and Education for Conservation
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter1 Learning in Nature: Protected Spaces as Scenarios for Environmental Education
• Chapter2 Mitigating Biosecurity Risks on Islands: Preventative Measures
• Chapter3 How Marine Plastic Pollution Education Develops Secondary School Students’ Sustainability Competences
• Chapter4 A Review Study of Environmental Science and Education from a Norwegian Archipelago
• Chapter5 Mapping of Cultural and Natural Heritage Using Advanced Technologies Such as GIS, Drone, Lidar and Laser Scanner: Case Study – LubonjaVillage, Korçë, Albania
• Chapter6 Monitoring Shrub Cover Change across a Disturbed Semi-Arid Island Landscape with Repetitive Aerial Imaging
• Chapter7 Spatio-Temporal Mapping and Prediction of Red Tides (Harmful Algal Blooms) in the Coastal Areas Using Modis Derived Products