Devastation from scallop dredging on 'protected' Scottish seabed
| | LONDON, UK, 6 October 2022 (Guardian) - The Scottish government designated the seabed around the islands of Canna and Rum, on Scotland’s west coast, as the Small Isles MPA in 2014, to conserve Britain’s only colony of rare fan mussels and other features. New underwater footage taken by environmental campaigners has revealed severe damage to marine life and habitats wreaked by scallop dredgers in “marine protected areas” (MPAs). |
Pacific nations gather to consolidate priorities for CITES COP19
| | APIA, Samoa. 6 October 2022 (SPREP) - Pacific island nations are meeting in Apia, Samoa, to discuss priorities leading up to CITES COP 19 to be held in Panama in November this year. The COP this year is especially important for the Pacific region as there will again be a focus on marine species with proposed listings for sharks and sea cucumbers and further discussions on marine turtles. Many of these species have also been identified as targeted by illegal trade in the Pacific. |
Indonesian program pays fishers to collect plastic trash at sea
| | JAKARTA, Indonesia, 6 October 2022 (Mongabay) - The Indonesian government has launched a program that will pay thousands of traditional fishers to collect plastic trash from the sea. The four-week initiative is part of wider efforts to cut marine plastic waste by 70% by 2025. |
Sulawesi islanders grieve land lost to nickel mine
| | WAWONII ISLAND, Indonesia, 6 October 2022 (Mongabay) - The Harita Group holds a nickel mining concession covering about 1,000 hectares on Wawonii Island. The coconut palm has been a source of food and identity for centuries among the people of Wawonii Island. In the local language wawo means above and ni’i is the word for coconut - Wawonii is an island crowned by coconuts. |
Climate Migration: Floods displace villagers in Indonesia
| | MONDOLIKO, Indonesia, 6 October 2022 (AP) - All the crops had died and the farmed fish had escaped their ponds. The only road to the village was flooded and the water just kept getting higher, says Asiyah, 38, who like many Indonesians uses only one name. |
Offshore wind farm is 'best option' for Jersey
| | ST HELIER, Jersey, 6 October 2022 (JEP) - Environmental concerns arising from any future project to build a wind farm off the coast of Jersey are likely to be outweighed by ‘infinitely worse’ alternative sources of energy, a leading campaigner has said. With positive support within the Bridging Island Plan, and backing from Jersey Electricity, the concept of an offshore wind facility appears to be gaining momentum, especially with a new French project in the Bay of St Brieuc nearing completion. |
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EU ISLANDS SECRETARIAT |
 | | Clean Energy for EU Islands Forum 17-18 May, 2022, Rhodes, Greece |
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UNEP |
| | Stockholm+50 international environmental meeting 2-3 June, 2022, Stockholm, Sweden |
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ISISA |
| | Islands of the World XVIII conference 13-17 June, 2022, Zadar, Croatia |
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SICRI |
| | Island Studies International Conference "Creativity, Ingenuity, and Practice" 22-25 June, 2022, Shetland, UK |
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UNITED NATIONS |
| | UN Ocean Conference 27 June-1 July, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal |
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COP 27 |
| | UN Climate Change Conference 6-18 Nov, 2022, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt |
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CBD |
| | UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) 7-19 Dec, 2022, Montreal, Canada |
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IMPAC |
| | 5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress 3-9 Feb, 2023, Vancouver, Canada |
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CTS-AP |
| | 3rd Critical Tourism Studies-Asia Pacific Conference 13-17 Feb, 2023, Hanoi, Vietnam |
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IGU |
| | Islands in Relations: Conflicts, Sustainability and Peace thematic conference 4-6 April 2023, Osaka, Japan |
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SICRI |
| | Island Studies International Conference "Island Innovation, Resilience, and Revitalization" 20-26 June, 2023, Miyajima, Hiroshima, Japan |
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FESTPAC |
| | 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture 6-16 June, 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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