Dunk Island set for multi-million-dollar makeover
| | CAIRNS, Australia, 22 September 2019 (ABC) - A Far North Queensland tourist island left lying in ruins for years will undergo a multi-million-dollar redevelopment in an effort to create an international tourism drawcard. |
Tiny island's giant war on waste
| | PERTH, Australia, 22 September 2019 (ABC) - In 2016, the beach on Direction Island was named the best in Australia. Pictures of the idyllic location, and the coral reef off its shores, went all over the world and boosted the profile of the Cocos Islands as a remote tropical paradise. |
Western Isles spaceport threatens wildlife and tourism, locals fear
| | LONDON, UK, 22 September 2019 (Observer) - Rocky headlands frame the silvery white sands of Scolpaig Bay on the western coast of North Uist. The spread of machair – a grassland thick with flowers in summer – moorland and rock is much loved by walkers and birdwatchers. |
Haiti is collapsing as corruption and a failing economy take their toll
| | PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 22 September 2019 (Observer) - Last Sunday, Rony Marceline was riding his motorbike out of Ouanaminthe, a muggy, colourful town on Haiti’s border with the Dominican Republic, on a mission that within a few days has become commonplace: transporting yellow plastic containers of petrol. |
Samoa Pathway high-level midterm review
| | NEW YORK, US, 21 September 2019 (UN DESA) - On 27 September 2019, the General Assembly will hold a one-day high level review of the progress made in addressing the priorities of small island developing States (SIDS) through the implementation of the SAMOA Pathway. The General Assembly has decided that the high level review will result in "a concise action oriented and inter-governmentally agreed political declaration". |
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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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SILA |
| | Smart Islands and Regions Labs partnership development conference 30 Sept-2 Oct, 2019, Mljet Island Croatia |
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NAF & CRRF |
| | Sustainable Communities conference 1-4 Oct, 2019, St. John's, Newfoundland |
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GREENING THE ISLANDS |
| | 6th international conference 15 Oct, 2019, Palermo, Sicily |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | Islands in the Belt and Road Initiative conference 9-10 Nov, 2019, Fuzhou, China |
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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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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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