Human effects

Tourism development has put pressure on natural ecosystems on some islands, particularly in the alteration of local landscapes with non-native vegetation, golf courses, roads, and tourist infrastructure and facilities

The combination of a high population growth rate and high population densities, massive seasonal changes,increasing urbanization of the population,poverty,and the increasing cost of major import goods has led to unsustainable demand for land and natural resources to the detriment of the hotspot’s biodiversity and ecosystems.