St Kilda's super-sized field mice studied
| | LONDON, UK, 3 September 2010 (BBC) - Researchers have begun a study into a remote island archipelagos super-sized field mice, which can grow up to twice the size of their mainland cousins. |
Mice join fight against invasive snakes on Guam
| | SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan, 2 September 2010 (Stars & Stripes) - The dead mice were laced with a common pain reliever — about one quarter of a child’s dose of acetaminophen each — and dropped from a helicopter into the jungle canopy around Naval Base Guam. |
Island birds vulnerable to global warming
| | HONOLULU, Hawaii, 2 September 2010 (HST) - With its striking scarlet and black plumage and long curved beak, the iiwi, or scarlet Hawaiian honeycreeper, is one of Hawaii's most recognizable forest birds. |
Burger King drops Indonesian palm oil company
| | JAKARTA, Indonesia, 2 September 2010 (AFP) - US fast food giant Burger King said today it would no longer buy palm oil from Sinar Mas or its subsidiaries after Greenpeace campaigned against the Indonesian group's land-clearing practices. |
Ecologists fear Antarctic krill crisis
| | LONDON, UK, 2 September 2010 (Nature) - The humble Antarctic krill bears a heavy burden. It may be just a small, shrimp-like crustacean, but its sheer abundance makes it one of the largest protein sources on Earth, eagerly sought by fish, penguins, whales — and man. |
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ISISA |
 | | Islands of the World XI conference 23-26 August, 2010, Bornholm, Denmark
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IGU |
 | | Islands Commission conference 27-30 August, 2010, Hven, Sweden
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CBD |
 | | COP 10 18-29 Oct, 2010, Nagoya, Japan
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USP |
 | | Future Challenges, Ancient Solutions conference 29 Nov-3 Dec, 2010, Suva, Fiji
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
 | | Taking Malta out of the Box conference 11-15 May, 2011, Malta
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SCB |
 | | 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress 14-18 May, 2011, Victoria, Canada
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SICRI |
 | | 7th International Small Island Cultures conference 12-16 June, 2011, Whitsundays, Australia
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UNIV OF ABERDEEN |
 | | World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 26-30 Sept, 2011, Aberdeen, Scotland |
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