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Africa cannot ignore West's plans for island
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 14 March 2010 (Times LIVE) - In the next few months the submarine tender the USS Emory S Land will arrive at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

Bluefin tuna tops CITES conference in Doha
DOHA, Qatar, 13 March 2010 (AP) - A contentious battle between Asia and the West over the fate of the Atlantic bluefin tuna prized by sushi lovers overshadowed a United Nations conference that opened today in the Gulf state of Qatar

Wind turbines: 'Eco-friendly' - but not to eagles
LONDON, UK, 13 March 2010 (Telegraph) - In all my scores of items over the years on why the obsession with wind turbines will be seen as one of the major follies of our age, there is one issue I haven’t touched on.

Thousands of tons of illegal timber in Madagascar readied for export
SAN FRANCISCO, US, 13 March 2010 (Mongabay) - As the President of France, Nicholas Sarkozy, argues in Paris that more funding is needed to stop deforestation and mitigate climate change, a shipment of illegal rosewood is being readied for export in Madagascar by a French company with the tacit approval of the French government.

Tidy tents and pretty plaits in Haiti after the quake
LONDON, UK, 13 March 2010 (BBC) - Thanks to the efforts of various charities, huge tented communities have been set up in Haiti.

Climate change pushing bird species to extinction
SYDNEY, Australia, 12 March 2010 (SMH) - Climate change is pushing some bird species "towards extinction," US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar warned Thursday as a new report on the threats facing North American birds was released.

Floating golf course to be built in Maldives
LONDON, UK, 12 March 2010 (Independent) - The Islands of the Maldives, confronted by rising oceans and a landscape that is just a few feet above sea level, is poised to build a floating golf course and convention centre in what could be the first of a series of futuristic off-shore developments designed to counter the threat of global warming.

GLISPA
Helping Islands Adapt workshop 12-16 April, 2010, Auckland, New Zealand

WIT
Island Sustainability international conference 19-21 April, 2010, Brac Island, Croatia

UNESCO
Global Oceans conference 3-7 May, 2010, Paris, France

WORLD OCEAN NETWORK
4th International meeting 9-12 May, 2010, Boulogne sur Mer, France

UPEI IIS
Time and a Place workshop 13-18 June, 2010, Prince Edward Island, Canada

SICRI
6th ISIC conference 23-26 June, 2010, Guernsey, Channel Islands

SAIL BANDA
International Small Islands conference 4-5 August, 2010, Ambon, Indonesia

ISISA
Islands of the World XI conference 23-26 August, 2010, Bornholm, Denmark

IGU
Islands Commission conference 27-30 August, 2010, Hven, Sweden

CBD
COP 10 18-29 Oct, 2010, Nagoya, Japan

ISLAND DYNAMICS
Taking Malta out of the Box conference 11-15 May, 2011, Malta

ISLAND INFORMATION & MAPS
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