Community archaeology is helping people
| | VICTORIA, Canada, 17 September 2024 (Hakai) - Tiny fountains rise, sparkle, and splash back down on the intertidal zone of Xwe’etay, or Lasqueti Island, British Columbia. It’s as if the clams squirt in response to the beat of the Salish drums. Over 70 people have gathered amid the sharp shells and algae slicks of this low summer tide. Our circle includes Indigenous people, residents, anthropologists, archaeologists, and visitors. We’re here to get a sense of the deep human history of this place and ponder how we might live with it together. |
Philippine coal mine roars into production amid waves of complaints
| | SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines, 17 September 2024 (Mongabay) - San Miguel Corporation, one of the Philippines’ largest conglomerates, has started mining coal from a concession in the mountain village of Ned in the country’s south. The local Catholic diocese, along with environmental and tribal groups, oppose the mine, citing potential risks to the environment and to the region’s water and food supply. |
COP29 hosts unveil busy programme as main climate agenda stalls
| | PARIS, France, 17 September 2024 (AFP) - COP29 host Azerbaijan said Tuesday that voluntary pledges on everything from tourism to world peace would be sought at the UN climate summit as disagreements over money stymie the main agenda. Nations are supposed to agree at the November conference how much should be raised for developing countries to cope with climate change but the formal negotiations so far have been mired in disagreement. |
Living on King Island has always come with its challenges
| | BURNIE, Australia, 17 September 2024 (ABC) - King Island Dairy is the largest single employers on the Bass Strait island, but the factory and associated cheese brand is set to be closed next year. It's one of a number of major industry closures that have rocked the small Tasmanian island community in recent decades, with workers forced to consider if they have to move away. |
Photographs reveal sharp decline of Norway's seabirds
| | LONDON, UK, 17 September 2024 (Guardian) - When Rob Barrett set out to survey one of the country’s largest colonies in the 1970s there were too many birds to count. Now, his pictures and archive images, including nesting areas on small uninhabited islands, show a species decline echoed around the world. |
25-fold surge in malaria at Indonesia gold frontier
| | POHUWATO, Indonesia, 16 September 2024 (Mongabay) - Diagnoses of malaria in Pohuwato district on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi soared by more than an order of magnitude in 2023. The rise in the disease has been linked to deforestation in the district as well as its large trade in alluvial gold. |
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OUR OCEAN |
 | | 9th Our Ocean Conference 15-17 April 2024, Athens, Greece |
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION |
| | Clean energy for EU island forum 14-15 May 2024, Pantelleria, Italy |
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SPREP |
| | Fourth Pacific Ocean Pacific Climate Change Conference, 20-24 May 2024, Apia, Samoa |
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SIDS |
| | 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States 27-30 May 2024, Antigua and Barbuda |
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NAF |
| | North Atlantic Forum bi-annual international conference 17-21 June, 2024, Connemara, Ireland, |
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ISISA |
| | 19th Islands of the World Conference 25-29 June, 2024, Lombok Island, Indonesia |
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IWRA |
| | 1st Islands Water Congress 4-6 Sept, 2024, Torshavn, Faroe Islands |
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ANATOMY OF ISLANDS |
| | 12th Anatomy of Islands symposium 26-28 Sept, 2024, Jelsa, Hvar Island, Croatia |
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CIS |
| | Critical Island Studies 4th international conference 3-4 Oct, 2024, Manila, Philippines |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | DARKNESS II conference, 20-23 January 2025, Nuuk, Greenland |
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JICAS |
| | Islands And Island Studies conference 3-7 June, 2025, Jersey, Channel Islands |
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UNITED NATIONS |
| | UN Ocean Conference 9-13 June, 2025, Nice, France |
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UPEI |
| | 3rd international conference on SIS and SNIJs 16-20 June, 2025, Charlottetown, PEI |
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