Bougainville: A new captain at the helm
| | SYDNEY, Australia, 24 September 2020 (Interpreter) - Following weeks of anticipation, the people of Bougainville woke on Wednesday to news of a new president-elect. Former Bougainville Revolutionary Army Commander Ishmael Toroama, from Central Bougainville, will take up the mantle of president from John Momis. |
A controversial Greenland mine passes a key regulatory hurdle
| | COPENHAGEN, Denmark, 24 September 2020 (Arctic Today) - One of Greenland’s most controversial mining projects, a proposed uranium and rare earths mine, has reached what its owners describe as a “major” milestone in its approval process, after authorities said a revised version of the environmental impact assessment met all the requirements for it to be accepted for public review. |
Why these islands in the Amazon Delta are falling into pieces
| | SAN FRANCISCO, US, 24 September 2020 (Mongabay) - Erosion on the shores of the Bailique Archipelago, at the mouth of the Amazon River, has destroyed homes, schools and electricity infrastructure. Without power, this community of fishers and certified sustainable açaí harvesters cannot keep their products refrigerated. |
Philippine community goes to court to stop coal plant
| | MANILA, Philippines, 24 September 2020 (Mongabay) - Community members and civil society groups have filed a petition against a planned coal-fired power plant in the Philippine province of Palawan, a biodiversity haven that’s one of the last strongholds of the country’s most critically endangered species. |
Why are there unexploded bombs in the Pacific islands?
| | SYDNEY, Australia, 24 September 2020 (SMH) - The death of two bomb-disposal experts in the Solomon Islands has put the spotlight on a decades-old problem in the Pacific. Why are the islands dotted with bombs? And why is the danger increasing? |
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UB-NORTH |
 | | Sustainable Grand Bahama Conference 5-6 March, 2020, Freeport, Grand Bahama |
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UHI INS |
| | 5th International St Magnus Conference 15-18 April, 2020, Lerwick, Shetland |
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SPREP |
| | 10th Pacific Nature Conservation Conference 20-24 April, 2020, Noumea, New Caledonia |
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SPREP |
| | Pacific Ocean Climate Change Conference 27-29 May, 2020, Apia, Samoa |
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UNITED NATIONS |
| | UN Ocean Conference 2-6 June, 2020, Lisbon, Portugal |
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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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SICRI |
| | Island Feminisms Conference 13-15 June, 2020, Hilo, Hawaii |
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ISISA |
| | Islands of the World XVII conference 22-26 June, 2020, St. John's, Newfoundland |
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ISCI |
| | 15th International Small Island Cultures Conference: Island Festivals and Music Tourism 9-13 July, 2020, Kingston, Jamaica |
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AEGEAN UNIV |
| | 'The island–insularity, archipelagos–a geophilosophical issue' A Summer University, 10-14 July, 2020, Rhodes, Greece |
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UNIV OF MAURITIUS |
| | Archipelagic Memory: Intersecting Geographies, Histories and Disciplines conference 4-6 August, 2020, Reduit, Mauritius |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | DARKNESS conference 30 Nov-3 Dec, 2020, Nuuk, Greenland |
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