Australia spends millions to rescue reef
| | CANBERRA, Australia, 13 May 2008 (Reuters) - Australia will spend A$3.8 billion to fight climate change, including A$200 million to rescue the Great Barrier Reef, as part of a four year plan outlined in the government's budget today.
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St Lucia joins regional efforts to protect Caribbean Sea
| | CASTRIES, St Lucia, 13 May 2008 (Caribbean Net News) - St Lucia has stepped up its efforts to reduce pollution of the Caribbean Sea by signing a regional environmental agreement that will see it putting in more stringent pollution reduction and prevention controls.
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Pacific states may miss out on extra ocean space
| | SYDNEY, Australia, 12 May 2008 (ABC) - A group of seven Pacific nations with credible claims for an extension of their exclusive economic zones, my miss a May 2009 deadline for applications to the UN.
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Microwaves 'cook ballast aliens'
| | LONDON, UK, 12 May 2008 (BBC) - US researchers say they have developed an effective way to kill unwanted plants and animals that hitch a ride in the ballast waters of cargo tankers.
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AICIS |
 | | 2nd Annual Conference on Islands of Competence - Branding Identities in a Globalized World 10-11 June, 2008, Mariehamn, The Aland Islands
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SICRI |
 | | Call for papers 4th International Conference on Small Island Cultures 17-20 June, 2008, SW Finnish archipelago
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ISRS |
 | | 11th International Coral Reef Symposium 7-11 July, 2008, Fort Lauderdale, USA
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EU ISLANDS |
 | | IUCN international conference 7-11 July, 2008, Reunion
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INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION |
 | | IGU Commission on Islands conference 12-15 Aug, 2008, Tunis
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ISLAND HERITAGE MANAGEMENT |
 | | UPEI conference 30 Sept-3 Oct, 2008, Charlottetown, Canada
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HYDROGEN ON ISLANDS |
 | | International conference 22-25 Oct, 2008, Brac, Croatia |
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UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN |
 | | Taking Shetland Out of the Box conference 7-10 May, 2009, Lerwick, Shetland
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