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Green passport for sustainable tourism in French OTs GLAND, Switzerland, 3 February 2012 (IUCN) - France has recently decided to adapt the UNEP Green Passport initiative to raise tourists’ awareness on biodiversity in French Overseas Territories. Heritage earns our island £23m a year DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, 3 February 2012 (IoMNews) - Manx National Heritage contributes about £23m to the island’s economy and employs in the region of 800 people, according to new research. Nature can help lessen flood impacts says IUCN SUVA, Fiji, 2 February 2012 (IUCN) - While flooding in the western division of Vitilevu in Fiji cannot be avoided or prevented, its impacts can be minimized if nature’s health is kept intact says IUCN. Filmmaker sounds alarm over ocean of plastic HONG KONG, 2 February 2012 (AFP) - On Midway atoll in the North Pacific, dozens of young albatross lie dead on the sand, their stomachs filled with cigarette lighters, toy soldiers and other small plastic objects their parents have mistaken for food. Indonesia to set up $5.6 billion plantation firm JAKARTA, Indonesia, 2 Februray 2012 (Reuters) - Indonesia's government plans to create one of the world's largest palm oil and rubber firms in March by combining state planters with total assets of $5.6 billion. Seagrass tens of thousands of years old LONDON, UK, 2 February 2012 (BBC) - Meadows of seagrass found in the Mediterranean Sea are likely to be thousands of years old, a study shows. Lizards released and stranded on islands show evolution at work NEW YORK, US, 2 February 2012 (LiveScience) - Like something out of a reality-TV show, scientists released pairs of small lizards onto tiny uninhabited islands in the Bahamas and watched what happened. Philippine military kills three wanted militants LONDON, UK, 2 February 2012 (BBC) - The Philippine military says it has killed three senior militants from al-Qaeda-linked groups in a raid in the south of the country. AAAPS Fourth conference 12-14 April, 2012, Univ of Wollongong, Australia ISLAND DYNAMICS Investing in Small Island Recovery conference 18-22 April, 2012, Unst, Shetland ISISA Islands of the World XII conference 29 May-1 June, 2012, Tortola, BVI SICRI 8th International Small Islands conference 6-9 June, 2012, Cape Breton, Canada RIO+20 UN conference on sustainable development 20-22 June, 2012, Brazil ECCB 3rd European Congress of Conservation Biology 28 Aug-1Sept, 2012, Glasgow, Scotland IUCN World Conservation Congress 6-15 Sept, 2012, Jeju, Korea WIT 2nd international conference on island sustainability 17-19 Sept, 2012, Brac, Croatia ISLAND DYNAMICS Performing Island Identities conference 19-21 Nov, 2012, Famagusta, Cyprus ISLAND DYNAMICS Local Actions in a Global Context conference 15-17 Jan, 2013, Svalbard, Norway ISLAND DYNAMICS 3rd conference 7-12 May, 2013, Mariehamn, Aland ISLAND INFORMATION & MAPS Island Directory, Islands of the World, Island Jurisdictions Index, Island Information, Oceandots Island Atlas, Worldmapper