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Greens denounce 'Knight of the Chainsaw'
LONDON, UK, 1 July 2009 (Times) -  Environmental groups are demanding that the Queen withdraw the award of a knighthood to a Malaysian tycoon accused of making his fortune from the illegal destruction of huge areas of tropical rainforest.

Tags to help solve puffin decline
LONDON, UK, 1 July 2009 (BBC) - Scientists are using hi-tech tags to get an insight into why the number of puffins at one of the UK's key colonies has mysteriously fallen by a third.

Seagrass losses reveal global coastal crisis
SYDNEY, Australia, 30 June 2009 (Reuters) - Mounting loss of seagrass in the world's oceans, vital for the survival of endangered marine life, commercial fisheries and the fight against climate change, reveals a major crisis in coastal ecosystems, a report says.

U.S. forgives $30m in debt to protect rainforests in Sumatra

SAN FRANCISCO, US, 30 June 2009 (Mongabay) - The United States will forgive nearly $30 million in debt owed by Indonesia in exchange for increased protection of endangered rainforests on the island of Sumatra, reports the Wall Street Journal.


Scottish islanders fight to keep missile range
LONDON, UK, 29 June 2009 (Telegraph) - In Sir Compton Mackenzie's sequel to Whisky Galore, residents of the fictional island of Todday sabotaged attempts by the British military to establish a rocket base in the Western Isles.

Namibia to launch first islands MPA
LUDERITZ, Namibia, 29 June 2009 (Bernama) - The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Dr Abraham Iyambo will officially launch Namibia's first Islands' Marine Protected Area on Thursday at Luderitz.

HAWAII
Conservation Alliance conference 28-30 July, 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii

CRT
North Atlantic Forum conference 23-25 Sept, 2009, Bornholm, Denmark

CIMAR
World Conference on Biological Invasions 27-30 Oct, 2009, Porto, Portugal

WOW
World Ocean Week 6-12 Nov, 2009, Xiamen, China

UNIV OF MALTA
ISSI conference 20-21 Nov, 2009, Gozo, Malta

PEMSEA
East Asian Seas Congress 23-27 Nov, 2009, Manila, Philippines

UNFCCC
COP15 conference 7-18 Dec, 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark

IUCN/SSC
ISSG conference 8-12 Feb, 2010, Auckland, New Zealand

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