Taiwan: Record number of Chinese military jets enter air zone
| | LONDON, UK, 13 April 2021 (BBC) - The Taiwan defence ministry said 25 aircraft including fighters and nuclear-capable bombers entered its so-called air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on Monday. The incursion is the largest in a year and comes as the US warns against an "increasingly aggressive China". |
Farmers move to occupy a critical elephant corridor in Sri Lanka
| | UDAWALAWE, Sri Lanka, 13 April 2021 (Mongabay) - Earlier this month, more than 300 people gathered near the borders of the Dahaiyagala Wildlife Sanctuary in Sri Lanka’s Uva province armed with axes, long knives, ropes and handheld hoes called mamoties. Their apparent intention: Take control of sanctuary lands and expand their farms. |
How Vanuatu is using cricket to change and save women's lives
| | LONDON, UK, 13 April 2021 (BBC) - Rachel Andrew is one of the leading cricketers in Vanuatu. She has scored more runs for the women's national team than anyone else and averages an impressive 11.50 with the ball. Cricket is her passion and the women's T20 team ranks 28th in the world, making it probably the country's most successful sporting side. |
Indonesia's net-zero emissions goal not ambitious enough
| | JAKARTA, Indonesia, 12 April 2021 (Mongabay) - Indonesia, one of the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters, has put forward a plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070. The government says it’s the most ambitious and realistic target for Indonesia, but activists and experts say the government can do much more, much sooner, given that China, the top emitter, has a net-zero deadline of 2060. |
How sea cucumbers became gold for organised crime
| | LONDON, UK, 12 April 2021 (Guardian) - It’s after sunset in Jaffna when Anthony Vigrado dives into the waters of Palk Bay, scanning the seafloor to collect what seems to be prized treasure. What he comes back with are sea cucumbers – long, leathery-skinned creatures that are increasingly valuable and the source of his income for the past 12 years. |
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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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