How Chilean fishermen adapted to protect marine life
| | LONDON, UK, 19 September 2017 (BBC) - Chile created one of the world's largest marine protection areas earlier this month off the coast of Easter Island after the indigenous Rapa Nui population voted in favour of the scheme. |
Giant sea snail plan to rescue Barrier Reef
| | SYDNEY, Australia, 18 September 2017 (AFP) - A giant starfish-eating snail could be unleashed to help save the Great Barrier Reef, officials said Monday, with a trial underway to breed thousands of the rare species. |
Oil palm firms advance into Leuser rainforest
| | SAN FRANCISCO, US, 18 September 2017 (Mongabay) - Oil palm plantation companies are still eating away at the Leuser Ecosystem, one of Indonesia’s last best rainforests, despite a provincial ban on forest clearance to make way for the lucrative estates. |
Irma leaves UK's Caribbean tax havens relying on volunteers
| | LONDON, UK, 16 September 2017 (Guardian) - Heavy rainfall, mosquito infestations and flooding are bringing fresh misery to beleaguered survivors of Hurricane Irma, a week on from the storm which brought devastation to the Caribbean last week. |
Refugee surge on Greek islands
| | BONN, Germany, 16 September 2017 (DW) - Aid groups are once again struggling to accommodate a rising number of people arriving on the Greek islands to request asylum. |
The Florida Keys are the canaries in the climate-change coalmine
| | LONDON, UK, 15 September 2017 (Guardian) - The Florida Keys are still closed until further notice. On the far side of the blockade that inhabitants of the lower Keys negotiate to return to their homes, the US One highway, a tarmac spine over the limestone vertebrae of the islands, makes its way 127 miles down to Key West, battered and torn. |
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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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GREENING THE ISLANDS |
| 4th International Conference 3-4 November, 2017, Favignana, Italy
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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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SICRI |
| 14th conference on New Directions in Island Studies 16-18 June, 2018, Tatihou Island, France
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SCB OCEANIA |
| 5th Congress Conservation in a Changing World 2-6 July, 2018, Wellington, New Zealand
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