Bijagos Archipelago: Impacts and Challenges for Environmental Sustainability

The Bijagós Archipelago faces significant threats to its environmental sustainability due to external pressures and internal demographic growth. Since 1981, the population has doubled, leading to increased depletion of non-renewable marine resources. The study highlights vulnerabilities such as incompatible economic activities, migration-related resource exhaustion, and the lack of colonial development planning, which pose risks to sustainable development. It employs an interdisciplinary approach, integrating biology, ecology, geography, anthropology, and history to analyze these challenges and assess conservation efforts. The findings underscore the need for balanced development strategies that address both local and external pressures while preserving the archipelago's unique ecosystems.

Madeira, J. P. (2016). Bijagos Archipelago: Impacts and Challenges for Environmental Sustainability. InterEspaço: Revista de Geografia E Interdisciplinaridade, 2(5), 291–305. https://doi.org/10.18766/2446-6549/interespaco.v2n5p291-305