Samoan Island witnesses explosion of native wildlife
| | MANASSAS, US, 22 October 2026 (GNN) - Just one year after ecological restoration efforts on Samoa, forests, wildlife, and food resources are showing remarkable signs of recovery. Nu’utele Island is considered a Key Biodiversity Area for Samoa, and is home to one of the country’s most pristine native forests teeming (usually) with native species.Yet, like many islands across the Pacific, it has suffered from ecological degradation by invasive species - in Nu’utele’s case rats, and feral pigs which turn up the soil and prevent native vegetation from growing. |
Argentina's president rules out military action over Falkland Islands
| | LONDON, UK, 22 October 2026 (Independent) - Argentine president Javier Milei has ruled out taking military action to take the Falkland Islands from Britain, despite repeatedly claiming sovereignty. He reiterated his recent claim that the archipelago belonged to his country, but said he planned to secure the territory through diplomacy and did not believe in military solutions. |
Flores, Indonesia’s 'priest island'
| | LONDON, UK, 22 October 2026 (TW) - Flores is home to multiple seminaries, training thousands of young men in Catholic liturgy, religious doctrine and pastoral care. Through “their early morning prayers, their long days of study, and their shared meals cooked over simple stoves, they carry forward a vocation” that lives on. |
Nevis to restore Alexander Hamilton museum with US funds
| | HAVANA, Cuba, 21 October 2026 (AP) - St. Kitts and Nevis has received a financial boost in honor of one of its most famous sons, Alexander Hamilton, who went on to become a founding father of the U.S. and America’s first treasury secretary. |
Japan, US launch drills focusing on islands near Taiwan
| | TOKYO, Japan, 21 October 2026 (TT) - Japanese and US troops on Monday started one of their largest joint exercises focusing on the defense of Japan’s southwestern islands and showcasing advanced weapons systems in the face of growing tension in the region. About 45,000 Japanese troops and 12,000 US service members are participating in the biennial Keen Sword 27. Seven other nations from the Indo-Pacific region and Europe are also taking part in some elements of the exercises, five of them - France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the Philippines - for the first time, the Japanese Joint Staff Office said. |
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CBD |
 | | COP16 21 Oct-1 Nov, 2024, Cali, Colombia |
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UNFCCC |
| | COP29 11-22 November, 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | DARKNESS II conference, 20-23 January 2025, Nuuk, Greenland |
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JICAS |
| | Islands And Island Studies conference 3-7 June, 2025, Jersey, Channel Islands |
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UNITED NATIONS |
| | UN Ocean Conference 9-13 June, 2025, Nice, France |
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UPEI |
| | 3rd international conference on SIS and SNIJs 16-20 June, 2025, Charlottetown, PEI |
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ARCTIC COUNCIL |
| | UArctic Congress 26-29 May 2026, Torshavn, Faroe Islands |
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SICRI |
| | Island Studies International Conference 25-28 June, 2026, Tacloban City, Leyte Islands, Philippines |
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WORLD ISLANDS FAIR |
| | The world’s first international event themed around islands 5 Sept-4 Nov, 2026, Yeosu, South Korea |
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SPREP |
| | 11th Pacific Islands Conference for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas, 7–11 September 2026, Noumea, New Caledonia |
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ANATOMY OF ISLANDS |
| | 14th Anatomy of Islands symposium 15-17 Oct, 2026, Jelsa, Hvar Island, Croatia |
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SOCIETY OF ISLAND BIOLOGY |
| | 5th Island Biology conference 2-6 November, 2026, Atami City, Japan |
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IWRA |
| | 2nd Islands Water Congress 27-29 Jan, 2027, Montego Bay, Jamaica |
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ISISA |
| | 21st Islands of the Word Conference 6-10 June, 2027, Willemstad, Curacao |
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