Tsunami hits Tonga after giant volcano eruption
| | LONDON, UK, 15 January 2022 (BBC) - Tsunami waves caused by a giant underwater volcanic eruption have hit the Pacific country of Tonga. Social media footage showed water washing through a church and several homes, and witnesses said ash was falling over the capital, Nuku'alofa. |
Indigenous communities are working to restore seaweed species
| | SAN FRANCISCO, US, 14 January 2022 (Mongabay) - In many places, Indigenous communities are working to restore seaweed species that have been traditional food sources or supported traditional diets. From kelp farms in Alaska to seaweed-focused community education in Hawai‘i, the projects take many forms. |
Antigua and Barbuda gets hooked on aquaponics
| | ST JOHN'S, Antigua, 14 January 2022 (Observer) - The quiet residential area of Upper Renfrew in St John’s is home to Indies Greens, the island’s only aquaponics farm and training centre, which combines aquaculture and hydroponics to produce fish and vegetables at the same time. |
EU could suspend Vanuatu visa-free travel
| | LONDON, UK, 14 January 2022 (Guardian) - The European Commission has proposed suspending a visa-free travel arrangement with Vanuatu due to concerns about the Pacific nation’s controversial “golden passports” scheme. |
Research center for medicinal plants displaces incense harvesters
| | HUMBANG HASUNDUTAN, Indonesia, 13 January 2022 (Mongabay) - Incense harvesters in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province say the construction of a new center for research into medicinal plants threatens their livelihoods. The government says the center will boost Indonesia’s food and drug security, and maximizing the economic potential of Indonesia’s wealth of medicinal plants. |
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SPREP |
 | | Pacific Ocean Climate Change Conference 27-29 May, 2020, Apia, Samoa |
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SICRI |
| | Island Feminisms Conference Jan-April 2021, Hilo, Hawaii |
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UHI INS |
| | 5th International St Magnus Conference 14-16 April, 2021, Lerwick, Shetland |
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EU ISLANDS SECRETARIAT |
| | Clean Energy for EU Islands Forum 20-21 May, 2021 |
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ISISA |
| | Islands of the World XVII conference 14-18 June, 2021, St. John's, Newfoundland |
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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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IUCN |
| | World Conservation Congress 3-11 Sept, 2021, Marseille, France |
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COP 26 |
| | UN Climate Change Conference 1-12 Nov, 2021, Glasgow, UK |
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ISISA |
| | Islands of the World XVIII conference 13-17 June, 2022, Zadar, Croatia |
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FESTPAC |
| | 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture 6-16 June, 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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