Nickelodeon abandons Philippine resort plan after backlash
| | MANILA, Philippines, 23 August 2017 (AFP) - American children’s television network Nickelodeon says it has abandoned plans for a themed resort on an island known as the Philippines’ last ecological frontier following a backlash from environmentalists. |
Norfolk Island should become part of New Zealand
| | LONDON, UK, 23 August 2017 (Guardian) - A former chief minister of Norfolk Island is calling on the territory to consider becoming part of New Zealand rather than Australia if it is successful in its United Nations bid for self-determination. |
Protests over geothermal development heat up in Central Java
| | PURWOKERTO, Indonesia, 22 August 2017 (Mongabay) - The people of Karangtengah Village in Central Java learned in January one of their key sources of freshwater had been contaminated by debris from the development of a planned $1 billion geothermal energy plant at a nearby volcano. |
China's fishing fleet makes a move on Sandy Cay
| | SYDNEY, Australia, 22 August 2017 (NCAN) - China is making a bold move on the Spratly Islands. A fishing fleet - backed by navy frigates and coast guard vessels - has surrounded the Philippines island of Pagasa/Thitu. |
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CEST |
 | 15th International Conference on Environmental Science & Technology 31 Aug-2 Sept, 2017, Rhodes, Greece
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IMPAC |
| 4th International Marine Protected Areas Congress 4-8 Sept, 2017, La Serena-Coquimbo, Chile
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CTO |
| Climate Smart Sustainable Tourism Forum 6-8 Sept, 2017, St. Kitts
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UHI ARCHAEOLOGY INSTITUTE |
| Our Islands, Our Past conference 14-17 Sept, 2017, Orkney, Scotland
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ISLAND ARKS |
| Island Arks Symposium V 23-27 Oct, 2017, Nadi, Fiji
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UNIDCOM/IADE |
| Senses & Sensibility conference 24-25 Oct, 2017, Funchal, Madeira
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| Island Cities & Urban Archipelagos conference 8-12 Nov, 2017, Funchal, Madeira
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RETI |
| 7th Symposium & School 17-21 Nov, 2017, Univ of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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UPEI |
| 1st International Conference on Small Island States & Subnational Island jurisdictions 11-14 March, 2018, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten/St Martin
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PRATT INSTITUTE |
| Archipelagos and Aquapelagos conference 30 March-1 April, 2018, New York, US
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FEC |
| 7th International Conference on Environmental Future - Humans and Island environments 16-20 April, 2018, Hawaii
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ISISA |
| Islands of the World XVI conference 10-14 June, 2018, Leeuwarden - Terschelling, The Netherlands
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SCB OCEANIA |
| 5th Congress Conservation in a Changing World 2-6 July, 2018, Wellington, New Zealand
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