Indonesia arrests dozens of West Papuans
| | LONDON, UK, 18 August 2019 (Guardian) - Indonesian authorities raided a university dormitory in Surabaya on Saturday and arrested dozens of West Papuan students after a standoff over allegations the Indonesian flag was thrown into a sewer. |
The island fighting its monkeys
| | BASSETERRE, St Kitts, 16 August 2019 (BBC) - Browse tourist snaps of St Kitts and some of the most photographed faces have olive-brown tresses and piercing hazel eyes which peer inquisitively from trees, private gardens and beach bars alike. |
Pacific forum meeting almost collapsed over climate crisis
| | FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu, 16 August 2019 (Guardian) - Critical talks at the Pacific Islands Forum almost collapsed twice amid “fierce” clashes between the Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, and Tuvalu’s prime minister, Enele Sopoaga, over Australia’s “red lines” on climate change. |
Electric boats could be floating batteries for island microgrids
| | NEW YORK, US, 15 August 2019 (IEEE) - In developed countries, lights roar to life with the flick of a switch and televisions hum quietly with the touch of a button - given you still have one of those. But on most of Indonesia’s remote islands, accessing electricity is neither simple nor convenient. |
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RETI |
 | | Symposium promoting intercultural dialogue and social cohesion on islands 29 April-2 May 2019, Canary Islands |
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PRP |
| | Pacific Resilience Meeting 1-3 May, 2019, Suva, Fiji |
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CLEAN ENERGY FOR EU ISLANDS |
| | 3rd Clean Energy for EU Islands Forum 14-16 May, 2019, Stockholm, Sweden |
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SOCIETY FOR ISLAND BIOLOGY |
| | Third Island Biology conference 8-13 July, 2019, Reunion |
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SICRI |
| | 15th ISIC conference Island Festivals & Music Tourism 9-13 July, 2019, Kingston, Jamaica |
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SCB |
| | 29th International Congress for Conservation Biology 21-25 July, 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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CEST |
| | 16th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 4-7 Sept, 2019, Rhodes, Greece |
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NAF & CRRF |
| | Sustainable Communities conference 1-4 Oct, 2019, St. John's, Newfoundland |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | Islands in the Belt and Road Initiative conference 9-10 Nov, 2019, Fuzhou, China |
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SPREP |
| | 10th Pacific Nature Conservation Conference 20-24 April, 2020, Noumea, New Caledonia |
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FESTPAC |
| | 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture 10-21 June, 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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IUCN |
| | World Conservation Congress 11-19 June, 2020, Marseille, France |
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ISISA |
| | Islands of the World XVII conference 22-26 June, 2020, St. John's, Newfoundland |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | DARKNESS conference 30 Nov-3 Dec, 2020, Nuuk, Greenland |
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