'I will make Taiwan indispensable' says President
| | HONG KONG, 10 October 2018 (SCMP) - Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has vowed to turn the self-ruled island into an indispensable member of the world as she blamed mainland China for being a “source of conflict” in a scathing national day address. |
Plastic trash from the 'sachet economy' chokes the Philippines' seas
| | MANILA, Philippines, 9 October 2018 (Mongabay) - Freedom Island is drowning in garbage. The last coastal frontier in the Philippine capital provides refuge to migratory birds and a thick mangrove forest there serves as a natural typhoon barrier for millions of city dwellers. |
South Atlantic islands under threat from rafts of plastic
| | LONDON. UK, 8 October 2018 (Independent) - A massive spike in plastic washing up on the shores of remote South Atlantic islands has sparked concerns that it is bringing destructive alien species to the once pristine environments. |
Families on India's shrinking island battle for survival
| | LONDON, UK, 8 October 2018 (Independent) - People living on the world's largest river island are struggling to survive despite attempts to develop it as a tourist attraction. Majuli, in the Indian state of Assam, has lost around half of its area over the last century because of erosion due to heavy flooding of the Brahmaputra. |
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION |
 | | International conference Challenges for the Islands in the era of Circular Economy 20-22 Sept, 2018, Chania, Greece |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| Island Cities & Urban Archipelagos conference 26-29 Sept, 2018, Zhoushan, China
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IUCN |
| | World Leaders Conservation Forum 3-5 Oct, 2018, Jeju, South Korea |
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION |
| | 2nd Clean Energy for EU Islands Forum 5 Nov 2018, Lanzarote, Canary Islands |
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WORLD CAPITAL INSTITUTE |
| | 11th Knowledge Cities World Summit 20-22 Nov, 2018, Tenerife, Canary Islands |
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RETI |
| | Engaging Islands Symposium 23-28 Nov, 2018, St. John's, Newfoundland |
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UNDP |
| | Sustainable Blue Economy Conference 26-28 Nov, 2018, Nairobi, Kenya |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| Economics & Development in Microstates, Islands & Arctic conference 30 Nov-3 Dec, 2018, Nuuk, Greenland
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GREENING THE ISLANDS |
| | 6th International Conference Feb 2019, Boracay, Philippines |
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ISLAND ARKS |
| 6th symposium 11-15 Feb, 2019, Rottnest Island, Australia
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UPEI |
| | 1st International conference on SIS and SNIJs 26-29 March, 2019, Oranjestad, Aruba |
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SOCIETY FOR ISLAND BIOLOGY |
| | Third Island Biology conference 8-13 July, 2019, Reunion |
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SICRI |
| | 15th ISIC conference Island Festivals & Music Tourism 9-13 July, 2019, Kingston, Jamaica |
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