Welcome to Global Islands Network           News Headlines 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 Island Directory, Islands of the World, Island Jurisdictions Index, Island Information, Oceandots Island Atlas