|
SMALL
ISLANDS VOICE
Do
you live in a small island?
Tell us what you think.
***************************************************************************************
Ranging
from the ethics of biodiversity conservation to the collapse
of the Doha round of the World Trade Organization talks,
this discussion on …………….
|
A
Small Islands Voice global internet-based forum, running since
October 2002, engages the general public in small islands in
an online debate on issues relating to environment and development.
Key issues
are aired on this forum, and people send their responses to notify@sivglobal.org.
All the responses are carefully read and compiled, and the most
interesting ones are posted on the forum. The key issues, as well
as the selected responses, are also sent out by e-mail, once every
two weeks. To view this global forum, visit http://www.sivglobal.org.
Key
issues have ranged from tourism to crime and violence, and
from renewable energy to garbage disposal. After discussion on
a particular topic is exhausted, all the responses relating to
that topic are compiled and listed under the specific key issue.
To participate
in this forum and to receive the messages by e-mail, send your
e-mail address to moderator@sivglobal.org
The global
forum has generated considerable interest among the general public
living in small islands. Newspapers in the British Virgin Islands,
Cook Islands, Palau, Seychelles
and Samoa have published some of the articles and related stories,
which are also being highlighted on national websites. The articles
have also been published in newspapers in larger countries, a
comment in the New Zealand Herald noted
'Size doesn't matter - the Small Islands Voice forum shows that.
Being bigger simply means that it takes longer for the problem
to become urgent'.
One of the
discussion subjects considered by the forum in 2005-06 concerned
the Viability of very small islands.
A separate e-discussion
group is being established to discuss growth and development
in small island nations.
|
