Aarsleff wins contract for Bornholm Energy Island onshore facilities
| | SCHIEDAM, The Netherlands, 5 August 2026 (OW) - Danish construction company Per Aarsleff A/S has been awarded a design-and-build contract valued at EUR 495 million by Energinet for the onshore infrastructure of Denmark’s Bornholm Energy Island project, which will connect future offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea to the Danish and German electricity grids. |
Denmark to step up defense engagement in Faroe Islands
| | BODO, Norway, 5 August 2026 (HNN) - Denmark and the Faroe Islands have agreed to strengthen their military cooperation by expanding defense activity in and around the North Atlantic archipelago, including F-35 fighter patrols, frigate deployments and support for NATO maritime operations, as Copenhagen continues to reinforce its Arctic security posture amid renewed U.S. interest in Greenland. |
Scots to be offered testing for island genes linked to cancer risks
| | LERWICK, UK, 4 August 2026 (BBC) - Scots with a grandparent from the islands of Westray in Orkney or Whalsay in Shetland are to be offered screening for genes associated with certain cancers. The project, led by the University of Aberdeen and NHS Grampian, has seen NHS-run charities come together for the first time to fund Scotland-wide screening for the genes. The BRCA1 variant from Westray is linked to breast and ovarian cancer in women, while the BRCA2 variant from Whalsay is associated with risks to women - and also breast and prostate cancer in men. |
Bays of Harris estate buyout secures land fund award
| | LONDON, UK, 4 August 2026 (BBC) - A community group has been given more than £1m to buy a 27,181-acre crofting estate in the Western Isles. Bays of Harris Community Estate Ltd (BoHCEL) said the land would help with its plans to tackle housing shortages and depopulation in the area. |
Scottish islanders refused permission to stage annual seabird hunt
| | GLASGOW, UK, 3 August 2026 (BBC) - Permission has been refused for a guga hunt which would have seen hundreds of young seabirds killed on an uninhabited Hebridean island. For centuries, gannet chicks have been hunted for their meat each summer on Sula Sgeir, a small rocky island 40 miles north of Ness on Lewis. Modern hunts require a licence from public agency NatureScot, which rejected the application this year due to concerns about the impact on the gannet population. Animal welfare groups have welcomed the decision, but supporters accused campaigners of "bullying" a small island community. |
Madagascar’s regenerating forests impacted by invasive rats
| | BERKELEY, US, 3 August 2026 (Conversation) - In south-eastern Madagascar, patches of forest that were once cut down to make way for farms are slowly naturally regenerating after being left to lie fallow. But recovering a native forest needs more than just gaining tree cover. The animals that once lived in these forests also need to make their way back so that the forest can function the way it used to. When these native animals try to return, however, they often find that the forest has been taken over by invasive species like black rats that they’ve never encountered before. |
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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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ISISA |
| | 20th Islands of the World Conference 7-11 July 2026, Shinan County, Jeollanam-do, 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 9-11 Dec, 2026, Montego Bay, Jamaica |
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