Greens denounce 'Knight of the Chainsaw'
| | LONDON, UK, 1 July 2009 (Times) - Environmental groups are demanding that the Queen withdraw the award of a knighthood to a Malaysian tycoon accused of making his fortune from the illegal destruction of huge areas of tropical rainforest. |
Tags to help solve puffin decline
| | LONDON, UK, 1 July 2009 (BBC) - Scientists are using hi-tech tags to get an insight into why the number of puffins at one of the UK's key colonies has mysteriously fallen by a third. |
Seagrass losses reveal global coastal crisis
| | SYDNEY, Australia, 30 June 2009 (Reuters) - Mounting loss of seagrass in the world's oceans, vital for the survival of endangered marine life, commercial fisheries and the fight against climate change, reveals a major crisis in coastal ecosystems, a report says. |
U.S. forgives $30m in debt to protect rainforests in Sumatra
| SAN FRANCISCO, US, 30 June 2009 (Mongabay) - The United States will forgive nearly $30 million in debt owed by Indonesia in exchange for increased protection of endangered rainforests on the island of Sumatra, reports the Wall Street Journal. |
Scottish islanders fight to keep missile range
| | LONDON, UK, 29 June 2009 (Telegraph) - In Sir Compton Mackenzie's sequel to Whisky Galore, residents of the fictional island of Todday sabotaged attempts by the British military to establish a rocket base in the Western Isles. |
Namibia to launch first islands MPA
| LUDERITZ, Namibia, 29 June 2009 (Bernama) - The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Dr Abraham Iyambo will officially launch Namibia's first Islands' Marine Protected Area on Thursday at Luderitz.
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HAWAII |
 | | Conservation Alliance conference 28-30 July, 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii
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CRT |
| | North Atlantic Forum conference 23-25 Sept, 2009, Bornholm, Denmark
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CIMAR |
| | World Conference on Biological Invasions 27-30 Oct, 2009, Porto, Portugal
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UNIV OF MALTA |
| | ISSI conference 20-21 Nov, 2009, Gozo, Malta
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UNFCCC |
| | COP15 conference 7-18 Dec, 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
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IUCN/SSC |
| | ISSG conference 8-12 Feb, 2010, Auckland, New Zealand
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