Lampedusa and the migrant crisis - ethics, representation and history
The tiny Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean has become notorious in the early twenty-first century through a series of migrant disasters which, until the events of 2015, came to typify the scale and horror of forced migration on a scale not
Tony Kushner
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REVISIONE PRELIMINARE DELLA BIODIVERSITÀ ENTOMOLOGICA DELL’ISOLA DI LAMPEDUSA (SICILIA - ITALIA) PRELIMINARY REVISION OF ENTOMOLOGICAL BIODIVERSITY IN THE LAMPEDUSA ISLAND (SICILY, ITALY) [PDF]
Lampedusa è un'isola appartenente all'arcipelago delle Pelagie, che è particolarmente interessante per l'aspetto faunistico, in quanto crocevia tra la fauna Europea e Africana.
Li Causi, F +2 more
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Urgent need for preservation of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. subsp. vinifera) germplasm from small circum-Sicilian islands as revealed by SSR markers and traditional use investigations [PDF]
Since the last decades grapevine germplasm is undergoing a process of rapid genetic erosion. This process is of particular concern in minor circum-Sicilian islands, because of the sharp reduction of the cultivated surfaces and the shift of their economy ...
Carimi, F. +7 more
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The presence of abandonment: Left to live at the borderland of Lampedusa
Abstract Drawing from the extensive literature on the anthropology of borders and border death in and beyond Europe, this article ethnographically explores the processes through which irregular migrants and locals at the borderland of Lampedusa (south of Sicily, Italy) are left to live and die in abandonment.
Alessandro Corso, Nayanika Mookherjee
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Cross-sectional survey of canine leishmaniasis in Pantelleria island in Sicily
Dogs are the major reservoir of Leishmania infantum, the causative agent of canine visceral and cutaneous human leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean basin.
Fabrizio Vitale +8 more
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Acacia cyclops A. Cunn. ex G. Don (Leguminosae) in Italy: first cases of naturalization [PDF]
Linosa (Pelagie Islands, Strait of Sicily). A decade later, this alien plant should no longer be considered as a casual, since a very intensive process of self-sown regeneration has been observed in some plantations on Lampedusa, the major island of ...
BADALAMENTI, Emilio +2 more
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The graphical abstract summarizes the tsunami inundation risk assessment for Lampedusa Island. It highlights the study area (Hellenic Arc and Lampedusa), the high tsunamigenic risk of the Hellenic Arc and socio‐economic importance of Lampedusa. The modelling methodology includes the adoption of DELFT‐3D, MIKE 21 FM and HEC‐RAS software.
Laura Borzì +9 more
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Recent Arrivals of Migrants and Asylum Seekers by Sea to Italy: Problems and Reactions [PDF]
The Italian government’s answer to the mass arrival of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers since the beginning of the present wave of political turmoil in North Africa must be seen in the context of both domestic political issues and international ...
Monzini, Paola
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The Bostrichidae of the Maltese Islands (Coleoptera) [PDF]
The Bostrichidae of the Maltese Islands are reviewed. Ten species are recorded with certainty from this Archipelago, of which 6 namely, Trogoxylon impressum (Comolli, 1837), Amphicerus bimaculatus (A.G.
Abivardi +291 more
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Historical and contemporary factors generate unique butterfly communities on islands [PDF]
Vodă, Raluca et al.The mechanisms shaping island biotas are not yet well understood mostly because of a lack of studies comparing eco-evolutionary fingerprints over entire taxonomic groups.
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