@article{fdi:010084217, title = {{I}ndonesia's 13558 islands : a new census from space and a first step towards a {O}ne {M}ap for {S}mall {I}slands {P}olicy}, author = {{A}ndr{\'e}fou{\¨e}t, {S}erge and {P}aul, {M}. and {F}arhan, {A}. {R}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}ndonesia is the largest country made only of islands, with previous census identifying between 13,000 and 25,000 islands. {T}he current official figure puts the number at 17,508 islands. {L}andsat satellite images were used to provide a documented consistent inventory of the country's islands. {A} total of 13,558 islands were mapped considering a minimum size of about 0.001 km2-with 87% and 39% of the islands covering less than 1 and 0.01 km2 respectively. {T}hese numbers highlight the dominance of small to very small islands. {B}eyond providing new accurate spatial statistics, we argued that the island census could be the foundation of a {O}ne {M}ap for {S}mall {I}slands {P}olicy. {I}ndonesia launched its {O}ne {M}ap {P}olicy in 2017 to mitigate land use conflicts in the largest of the islands, but small islands have their own development, social and conservation issues, and an extension of the {O}ne {M}ap {P}olicy vision to {S}mall {I}slands is warranted.}, keywords = {{L}andsat ; {M}illennium {C}oral reef {M}apping {P}roject ; {C}oral triangle ; {I}sland ; typology ; {K}arst ; {INDONESIE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{M}arine {P}olicy}, volume = {135}, numero = {}, pages = {104848 [9 p.]}, ISSN = {0308-597{X}}, year = {2022}, DOI = {10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104848}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084217}, }