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Iceland glacier national park named World Heritage site

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, 5 July 2019 (AFP) - UNESCO on Friday added Iceland's Vatnajokull National Park, Europe's largest with a landscape of "fire and ice," to its World Heritage List.

Bougainville referendum prep picks up pace

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, 5 July 2019 (RNZ) - With a projected vote on independence from Papua New Guinea just three months away, suddenly Bougainville is the centre of a lot of activity.

Solomon Islands suffers second contamination crisis

LONDON, UK, 5 July 2019 (Guardian) - A second major spill has hit the pristine Solomon Islands bay where a bulk carrier ran aground on a coral reef and leaked oil earlier this year.

Academics call for global action to tackle ocean plastic

LONDON, UK, 5 July 2019 (BBC) - The University of the Highlands and Islands is leading a global call for governments to take more action to tackle marine micro plastics.

The atomic history of Kiritimati

LONDON, UK, 4 July 2019 (The Conversation) - Ron Watson was just 17 when he experienced his first nuclear weapon blast. A British soldier from Cambridgeshire, he had completed his training in the summer of 1957 before departing on that fated tour with the Army Royal Engineers on Boxing Day.

Jakarta residents sue Indonesia government over air pollution

JAKARTA, Indonesia, 4 July 2019 (AFP) - Residents of Indonesia's capital on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the government over the toxic levels of air pollution that regularly blanket the city.

Drowning deaths at disused mines in Indonesia renew calls for action

SAMARINDA, Indonesia, 4 July 2019 (Mongabay) - Two children have drowned in abandoned mining pits in the Indonesian Bornean city of Samarinda, bringing the toll from such accidents there to 35 in the last eight years.

Stromboli clears up ash after deadly volcano eruption

STROMBOLI, Italy, 4 July 2019 (AFP) - The village of Ginostra on Stromboli began sweeping away layers of ash on Thursday, the day after a dramatic volcanic eruption on the tiny Italian island killed a hiker.

	ISLAND UND HALLIG KONFERENZ
First German Green Island conference 25-26 April, 2019, Helgoland, Germany

	RETI
Symposium promoting intercultural dialogue and social cohesion on islands 29 April-2 May 2019, Canary Islands

	PRP
Pacific Resilience Meeting 1-3 May, 2019, Suva, Fiji

	CLEAN ENERGY FOR EU ISLANDS
3rd Clean Energy for EU Islands Forum 14-16 May, 2019, Stockholm, Sweden

	SOCIETY FOR ISLAND BIOLOGY
Third Island Biology conference 8-13 July, 2019, Reunion

	SICRI
15th ISIC conference Island Festivals & Music Tourism 9-13 July, 2019, Kingston, Jamaica

	SCB
29th International Congress for Conservation Biology 21-25 July, 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

	CEST
16th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 4-7 Sept, 2019, Rhodes, Greece

	NAF & CRRF
Sustainable Communities conference 1-4 Oct, 2019, St. John's, Newfoundland

	ISLAND DYNAMICS
Islands in the Belt and Road Initiative conference 9-10 Nov, 2019, Fuzhou, China

	SPREP
10th Pacific Nature Conservation Conference 20-24 April, 2020, Noumea, New Caledonia

	FESTPAC
13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture 10-21 June, 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii

	ISISA
Islands of the World XVII conference 22-26 June, 2020, St. John's, Newfoundland

	ISLAND DYNAMICS
DARKNESS conference 30 Nov-3 Dec, 2020, Nuuk, Greenland