Sentence examples for remote island communities from inspiring English sources

"I think people are now beginning to recognise that new technology and the internet have the potential to be good for remote island communities.

"We are helping St Helena overcome the challenge of being one of the most remote island communities in the world so it can develop its tourism industry and become financially self-sufficient, making it less dependent on aid".

Vulnerability to multiple hazards is thought to be a characteristic of small, remote island communities (Lewis 2009).

Remote island communities often lack recycling capabilities or landfill capacity needed to properly manage plastic waste.

The economic survival of the world's most remote island community is being threatened by a destructive invasive species after Mediterranean mussels were discovered close to lobster beds around Tristan da Cunha.

One study in a remote island community in Australia reported 99.5% of women were screened during pregnancy 167; however, a review of other services in remote areas reported screening rates ranging from 3% to 78%1700.

Interviews were conducted in a very remote island community in Scotland, selected for the study following detailed discussions with the lead clinician for chronic pain in the NHS Highland area during which it was ascertained that there was a cluster of patients living on the island who met the TOPS project selection criteria.

His pictures, taken during a three-month sojourn in the Outer Hebrides, in 1954, find a granitic toughness in these remote Scottish island communities.

Access to services based on geographical location was an issue of greater concern in Scotland, where remote, rural, and island communities with widespread populations have less access to hospital, hospices, and specialist end of life care.

The project has also proven that solar power is one of the cheapest and most reliable energy sources available in Solomon Islands, especially in the country's remote and outer island communities.

That lifestyle is common to thousands of children in Scotland's remotest and smaller island communities, but parents on Skerries are now searching for ways to challenge the decision.