These extraordinary Australian islands must be protected
| HOBART, Australia, 27 March 2024 (Conversation) - In the Southern Ocean about 4,000 kilometres from Perth lies a truly extraordinary place. Known as the Heard Island and McDonald islands, they are among the most remote places on Earth: a haven for marine life amid the vast ocean, virtually undisturbed by human pressures. But as our report released today reveals, this special place in Australia’s territory is at risk. In particular, climate change is warming the waters around the islands, threatening a host of marine life. |
The tiny Greek island in people smugglers sights
| ATHENS, Greece, 27 March 2024 (Guardian) - Fears of a new migration route grow as more than 800 people land on Gavdos in a few months. Even by the standards of small Greek islands, Gavdos is tiny. In a population of fewer than 70 people, there are just two families with four children. The rest “are all old people mostly living alone”, its mayor, Lilian Stefanaki, explains. |
Mission to save the Polynesian storm-petrel
| SANTA CRUZ, US, 26 March 2024 (IC) - A team from Island Conservation journeyed to Kamaka Island in French Polynesia to help try to save the Polynesian storm-petrel (or Kotai, as it’s known to the local people) from extinction and restore an important island habitat. |
Farne island reopens after two-year bird flu closure
| LONDON, UK, 26 March 2024 (BBC) - A popular tourist island, home to thousands of seabirds, has reopened to visitors after two years. Landings were stopped by the National Trust on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast, after an outbreak of bird flu which killed thousands of birds. |
New Caledonia's economic, political, social tensions take their toll
| WELLINGTON, New Zealand, 26 March 2024 (RNZ) - A combination of inter-twined economic, political and socially pressing issues are taking their toll in New Caledonia. The spiral is threatening to plunge the French Pacific archipelago into ongoing instability, with contributing factors being a grave crisis in the nickel industry, its widespread economic and social trickle-down effect, all combined with a loaded political agenda in the French Parliament aimed at modifying New Caledonia's status within the French Republic. |
DoD denies using occupied Yemeni island to fight Houthis
| WASHINGTON, US, 26 March 2024 (RS) - The Department of Defense is denying a report that the U.S. is sending military reinforcements and missile defense batteries to the Yemeni island of Socotra, which sits near the mouth of the Red Sea, in order to help fend off Houthi attacks. |
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PIURN |
| 5th Pacific Islands Universities Research Network conference 4-6 July, 2023, Rarotonga, Cook Islands |
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CBF |
| 2nd Caribbean Conservation Finance Congress 27-28 July, 2023, Bridgetown, Barbados |
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CEST |
| 18th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 30 Aug-2 Sept, 2023, Athens, Greece |
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LPAZ |
| 4th Forum The Azores, The Atlantic and the Global Challenges 7-10 Sept, 2023, Santa Maria, Azores, Portugal |
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ANATOMY OF ISLANDS |
| 11th symposium 28-30 Sept, 2023, Jelsa, island of Hvar, Croatia |
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TGN |
| International Coastal Symposium 3-6 Oct, 2023, Taipei, Taiwan |
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UPEI |
| Turning the Tide: Climate Change, Social Change, and Islandness conference 23-26, Oct, 2023, Oranjestad, Aruba |
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SPREP |
| Fourth Pacific Ocean Pacific Climate Change Conference, 20-24 May 2024, Apia, Samoa |
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SIDS |
| 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States 27-30 May 2024, Antigua and Barbuda |
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FESTPAC |
| 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture 6-16 June, 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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NAF |
| North Atlantic Forum bi-annual international conference 17-21 June, 2024, Connemara, Ireland, |
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ISISA |
| 19th Islands of the World Conference 25-29 June, 2024, Lombok Island, Indonesia |
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IWRA |
| 1st Islands Water Congress 4-6 Sept, 2024, Torshavn, Faroe Islands |
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