Samoa Pathway high-level midterm review
| | NEW YORK, US, 21 September 2019 (UN DESA) - On 27 September 2019, the General Assembly will hold a one-day high level review of the progress made in addressing the priorities of small island developing States (SIDS) through the implementation of the SAMOA Pathway. The General Assembly has decided that the high level review will result in "a concise action oriented and inter-governmentally agreed political declaration". |
Malta to hold inquiry into journalist's murder
| | LONDON, UK, 20 September 2019 (BBC) - Malta is to hold an independent public inquiry into the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. She was killed by a bomb planted under the seat of her car in 2017. |
New lease on life beckons for Arroceros, Manila's hidden jungle
| | MANILA, Philippines, 20 September 2019 (Mongabay) - Arroceros Forest Park in the heart of Manila is one of the few green spaces left in the bustling Philippines capital. Successive governments have tried to get rid of it for new developments, but the city’s newly elected mayor has announced plans to retain and rehabilitate it as part of his “green city” proposal. |
Students on islands join global climate strike
| | LONDON, UK, 20 September 2019 (Independent) - Solomon islanders did not protest in the streets but took symbolically to the seas in a bid to convey the sheer scale of the threat to their country. |
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CLEAN ENERGY FOR EU ISLANDS |
 | | 3rd Clean Energy for EU Islands Forum 14-16 May, 2019, Stockholm, Sweden |
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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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SCB |
| | 29th International Congress for Conservation Biology 21-25 July, 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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CEST |
| | 16th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 4-7 Sept, 2019, Rhodes, Greece |
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NAF & CRRF |
| | Sustainable Communities conference 1-4 Oct, 2019, St. John's, Newfoundland |
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GREENING THE ISLANDS |
| | 6th international conference 15 Oct, 2019, Palermo, Sicily |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | Islands in the Belt and Road Initiative conference 9-10 Nov, 2019, Fuzhou, China |
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UHI INS |
| | 5th International St Magnus Conference 15-18 April, 2020, Lerwick, Shetland |
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SPREP |
| | 10th Pacific Nature Conservation Conference 20-24 April, 2020, Noumea, New Caledonia |
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FESTPAC |
| | 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture 10-21 June, 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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IUCN |
| | World Conservation Congress 11-19 June, 2020, Marseille, France |
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ISISA |
| | Islands of the World XVII conference 22-26 June, 2020, St. John's, Newfoundland |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | DARKNESS conference 30 Nov-3 Dec, 2020, Nuuk, Greenland |
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