Indonesian government to revoke gold mining permits
| | LONDON, UK, 27 January 2012 (Guardian) - Indonesia has revoked permits for a joint Indonesian-Australian mining venture on Sumbawa island after a string of violent protests in which two people died and a government office was set alight. |
Stonehenge precursor found?
| | WASHINGTON, US, 27 January 2012 (Nat Geog) - On an island off Britain's northern tip, new discoveries suggest a huge Stone Age ritual complex is older than Stonehenge. |
SIDS and climate change
| | MADRID, Spain, 27 January 2012 (Elcano Royal Institute) - This working paper begins with an overview of the climate change impacts on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), providing a brief analysis of regional climate scenarios and their expected consequences. |
Origin of ancient jade tool baffles scientists
| | NEW YORK, US, 26 January 2012 (LiveScience) - The discovery of a 3,300-year-old tool on Emirau Island in the Bismark Archipelago has led researchers to the rediscovery of a "lost" 20th-century manuscript and a "geochemically extraordinary" bit of earth. |
US sets first catch limits in Caribbean fish
| | SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, 26 January 2012 (AP) - The U.S. government is imposing limits on the number of fish that commercial and recreational fishermen can catch in the waters it controls in the Caribbean, saying previous types of restrictions haven't protected dwindling populations of dozens of species. |
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APWS |
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ISLAND RESCUE |
| | Island Arks Symposium II 7-9 Feb, 2012, Canberra, Australia
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AAAPS |
| | Fourth conference 12-14 April, 2012, Univ of Wollongong, Australia
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | Investing in Small Island Recovery conference 18-22 April, 2012, Unst, Shetland
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ISISA |
| | Islands of the World XII conference 29 May-1 June, 2012, Tortola, BVI
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SICRI |
| | 8th International Small Islands conference 6-9 June, 2012, Cape Breton, Canada
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RIO+20 |
| | UN conference on sustainable development 20-22 June, 2012, Brazil |
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IUCN |
| | World Conservation Congress 6-15 Sept, 2012, Jeju, Korea |
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WIT |
| | 2nd international conference on island sustainability 17-19 Sept, 2012, Brac, Croatia
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | Performing Island Identities conference 19-21 Nov, 2012, Famagusta, Cyprus
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | Local Actions in a Global Context conference 15-17 Jan, 2013, Svalbard, Norway
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | 3rd conference 7-12 May, 2013, Mariehamn, Aland
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