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Contestants gather on island for world stone skimming championships
GLASGOW, UK, 4 September 2026 (BBC) - Contenders from around the world are converging on a tiny Scottish island for one of the country's most unlikely international sporting events - the world stone skimming championships. The annual contest on the isle of Easdale, in the Inner Hebrides, has attracted a record number of international entries, representing more than 30 nations, with some flying in from New Zealand and Canada. |
Illegal gold mining continues in Indonesia's Aceh
NAGAN RAYA, Indonesia, 4 September 2026 (Mongabay) - Residents in different districts across the Indonesian province of Aceh say gold mining activity in the interior of forest areas continues despite the province’s leaders agreeing a crackdown on illegal mining. Fuel shortages have been reported at local gas stations, which some attribute to demand from excavators working to unearth gold ore from inside forest areas. |
Marine conservation collides with mining in Sulawesi
SOUTH KONAWE, Indonesia, 4 September 2026 (Mongabay) - A marine protected area in Indonesia’s Southeast Sulawesi province is home to a critically depleted population of humphead wrasse. The species presence helped the area gain its protected status, but mining permits overlap parts of the conservation zone and line its coast. |
Water quality challenges to low-income communities in Colombo
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 5 September 2026 (Mongabay) - Most urban poor living in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s commercial capital, rely on pipe-borne water for their daily needs. Many fresh water sources have become contaminated over a period of 20-25 years due to human interventions and environmental factors. As extreme heat impacts the island, water scarcity may force city people to use alternative or less protected water sources. |
Judge rules 2,000 Catalina Island deer can be killed
LOS ANGELES, US, 4 September 2026 (Guardian) - A non-profit controlling 88% of Catalina island off the southern California coast has been trying for years to eliminate a non-native deer population. Experts statewide have expressed support for the Catalina Island Conservancy proposal, saying the deer’s consumption of a native shrub plant has led to a growth of an invasive grass species that ignites faster and spreads fire more easily. |
US hits Cuba with new sanctions as island's crises multiply
HAVANA, Cuba, 4 September 2026 (ABC) - The U.S. government on Thursday slapped new sanctions on Cuba in a fresh push to strangle the island’s economy and deepen its multiple crises. Among those hit with sanctions are Fidel Ernesto Castro, grandson of former President Raúl Castro, and Cuba’s Oil Industry Supply Import Company, known as Abapet. The company is responsible for importing special equipment and spare parts needed to sustain Cuba’s crumbling power grid. |
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