Northeast of Australia and northwest of Fiji lies the isolated tropical island of Tikopia. Less than two square miles in length, it supports 1,200 people and has been continuously occupied for nearly 3,000 years, with the population holding steady for much of that time. It has a two-month dry season every year and lies in the Pacific's cyclone belt, so homes and gardens are destroyed on an unpredictable but regular basis. Tikopia is too far away from other islands to have any regular contact; the islanders must be self-sufficient. Tikopians should be particularly concerned about sustainable land management because ________.

Tikopians should be particularly concerned about sustainable land management because their homes and gardens are destroyed on a regular basis. Their use of land resources, including soils, water, animals and plants, for the production of goods to meet human needs has to ensure long-term productive potential of resources and the maintenance of their environmental functions.

Explanation:

TerrAfrica (2005) defines Sustainable Land Management as “the adoption of land-use systems that through appropriate management practices enable land users to maximize the economic and social benefits from the land while maintaining or enhancing the ecological support functions of the land resources”.

Reference: FAO. “FAO.org.” Sustainable Land Management. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2019,