Indonesia court orders release of withheld impact studies
| | EAST KALIMANTAN, Indonesia, 19 March 2026 (Mongabay) - Indonesia’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to release environmental impact assessments for two projects at the country’s new capital city, handing civil society groups a rare transparency victory. |
Facebook shuts Indonesia groups selling protected species
| | JAKARTA, Indonesia, 19 March 2026 (Mongabay) - Facebook parent company Meta has closed nine groups on the social network after reporters from Mongabay and Bellingcat found evidence of illegal wildlife trade being conducted openly on the platform in Indonesia. |
Kangaroo Island considers introducing 'last cat policy'
| | PORT PIRIE, Australia,19 March 2026 (ABC) - The Kangaroo Island Council is considering banning any new pet cats to the island, as it continues a major eradication effort. It comes as one feral cat eradication project nears completion. Mayor Michael Pengilly said the end goal is "no cats on Kangaroo Island", but said the process could take up to 30 years. |
Thousands of seabirds dying on western Europe's coasts
| | LONDON, UK, 19 March 2026 (Guardian) - Thousands of seabirds - mostly puffins, but also many guillemots and razorbills - are being washed up dead or dying on the Atlantic coasts of western Europe, in what scientists call a “wreck”. This year’s events, the consequence of a series of severe storms during the late autumn and winter, are the worst since 2014, when as many as 54,000 birds were found stranded. Of these, well over half - between 30,000 and 34,000 - were puffins. |
Tidal energy powerplant begins producing in Faroe Islands
| | SCHIEDAM, The Netherlands, 18 March 2026 (OE) - Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has begun production from its 100 kW microgrid-scale powerplant Dragon 4 to the Faroese grid. Furthermore, the 1.2 MW Dragon 12 tidal energy kite has been recovered to shore in Vestmanna following a 10-month grid-connected period, with extensive inspections and evaluations of system status to now be conducted. |
Discussion over the future of Sark launched
| | SARK, Channel Islands, 17 March 2026 (BBC) - A new community-driven conversation aimed at shaping the long-term future of Sark has officially begun. Future Sark was launched with a presentation at Island Hall, which was attended by the lieutenant governor of Guernsey and an estimated 100 islanders. |
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SIDS |
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NAF |
| | North Atlantic Forum bi-annual international conference 17-21 June, 2024, Connemara, Ireland, |
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IWRA |
| | 1st Islands Water Congress 4-6 Sept, 2024, Torshavn, Faroe Islands |
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ANATOMY OF ISLANDS |
| | 12th Anatomy of Islands symposium 26-28 Sept, 2024, Jelsa, Hvar Island, Croatia |
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CIS |
| | Critical Island Studies 4th international conference 3-4 Oct, 2024, Manila, Philippines |
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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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ISISA |
| | 20th Islands of the World Conference 7-11 July 2026, Shinan County, Jeollanam-do, South Korea |
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