Welcome to Global Islands Network           News Headlines Why are South China Sea tensions rising? BANGKOK, Thailand, 3 September 2010 (BBC) - Imagine an exchange of fire between Chinese and Vietnamese navies in the South China Sea. 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. ISISA Islands of the World XI conference 23-26 August, 2010, Bornholm, Denmark IGU Islands Commission conference 27-30 August, 2010, Hven, Sweden CBD COP 10 18-29 Oct, 2010, Nagoya, Japan USP Future Challenges, Ancient Solutions conference 29 Nov-3 Dec, 2010, Suva, Fiji ISLAND DYNAMICS Taking Malta out of the Box conference 11-15 May, 2011, Malta SCB 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress 14-18 May, 2011, Victoria, Canada SICRI 7th International Small Island Cultures conference 12-16 June, 2011, Whitsundays, Australia UNIV OF ABERDEEN World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 26-30 Sept, 2011, Aberdeen, Scotland ISLAND INFORMATION & MAPS Island Directory, Islands of the World, Island Jurisdictions Index, Island Information, Oceandots Island Atlas, Worldmapper