
This book is one of the outputs of the conference on 'Environmental Change, Forced Migration, and Social Vulnerability' (EFMSV) held in Bonn in October 2008. Migration is one of the oldest adaptation measures of humanity. Indeed, without migration the multitude of civilizations...

Defining the Terms: Introduction.- Environmentally Induced Displacement and the 1951 Refugee Convention: Pathways to Recognition.- Institutional Barriers to the Recognition and Assistance of Environmentally Forced Migrants.- What's in a Name: Social Vulnerabilities and the Refugee...