Tiny islands make for big tensions between Greece and Turkey
| | KASTELLORIZO, Greece, 21 April 2018 (NYT) - In the narrow Mediterranean strait between the easternmost islands of Greece and the shoreline of western Turkey, Kostas Raftis steered his fishing dinghy along the invisible maritime border dividing the two countries. |
Climate change may scuttle Caribbean plans for renewable energy
| | KINGSTON, Jamaica, 20 April 2018 (The Conversation) - Puerto Rico lost electricity again on April 18, seven months after Hurricane Maria first knocked out the island’s power grid. For people in some remote rural areas, the blackout was more of the same. Their power had yet to be restored. |
T-ant-T: meet the exploding ants of Borneo
| | LONDON, UK, 20 April 2018 (Guardian) - Scientists exploring the Borneo jungle have just discovered the Colobopsis explodens ant, which dwells in the trees, and they were most intrigued by the ant’s unique ability – to explode and shower toxic yellow goo on to its enemies. |
MEPs and authors crank up pressure on Maltese authorities
| | BRUSSELS, Belgium, 19 April 2018 (Guardian) - Malta’s government has been told to take urgent action to implement EU anti-money laundering rules, as MEPs rang the alarm about the dangers for journalists investigating financial crime following the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. |
Unified land-use map for Indonesia nears launch
| | JAKARTA, Indonesia, 19 April 2018 (Mongabay) - An effort by the Indonesian government to compile a single map of land-use cover across the vast archipelago is nearing completion seven years after it began, but continues to be hampered by the very problem it seeks to overcome: bureaucracy. |
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FEC |
 | 7th International Conference on Environmental Future - Humans and Island environments 16-20 April, 2018, Hawaii
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GOVERN ILLES BALEARS |
| Smart Island World Congress 23-24 April, 2018, Calvia, Mallorca
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PUAS |
| Clean Energy in European Islands conference 23-24 April, 2018, Athens, Greece
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ISLAND INSTITUTE |
| Island Energy Conference 3-5 May, 2018, South Portland, USA
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GREENING THE ISLANDS |
| 5th International Conference 17-18 May 2018 Minorca, Spain
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CARIBBEAN STUDIES ASSOC |
| CSA 43rd annual conference 4-8 June, 2018, Havana, Cuba
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ISISA |
| Islands of the World XVI conference 10-14 June, 2018, Leeuwarden - Terschelling, The Netherlands
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SICRI |
| 14th conference on New Directions in Island Studies 16-18 June, 2018, Tatihou Island, France
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SCB OCEANIA |
| 5th Congress Conservation in a Changing World 2-6 July, 2018, Wellington, New Zealand
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| Island Cities & Urban Archipelagos conference 26-29 Sept, 2018, Zhoushan, China
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| Economics & Development in Microstates, Islands & Arctic conference 30 Nov-3 Dec, 2018, Nuuk, Greenland
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ISLAND ARKS |
| 6th symposium 11-15 Feb, 2019, Rottnest Island, Australia
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