The key to end sorcery-related violence in PNG
| | WELLINGTON, New Zealand, 22 July 2026 (RNZ) - A Catholic priest says a community-led shift in how Papua New Guineans handle grief could de-escalate sorcery-related violence in the country. An elderly woman was rescued from a mob torturing her over allegations of practicing sorcery - locally known as sanguma - in Enga Province recently. It is estimated that up to 200 people are killed due to sorcery violence in PNG every year, with thousands more severely injured, tortured, mutilated and exiled. |
PNGs East New Britain province devastated by maritime tragedy
| | WELLINGTON, New Zealand, 22 July 2026 (RNZ) - People in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province are coming to terms with an unfolding maritime tragedy that could be among the country's worst ever. As hopes fade for the rescue of any of the 27 people, including 11 children, mising at sea after their two boats capsized over the weekend, authorities are pleading with the public to take heed of weather warnings before going to sea. |
Climate change driving food insecurity in small islands
| | LONDON, UK, 22 July 2026 (Forbes) - A new Lancet Countdown report reveals climate change severely impacts food security in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), despite their minimal global emissions. An estimated 2.7 million more people in 26 SIDS now face moderate to severe food insecurity due to increased heatwaves and droughts. These nations, highly dependent on food imports and lacking adequate climate finance, are experiencing rising food prices and strained supply chains. |
US claims of Cuba’s ‘unique threat’ jar with reality
| | HAVANA, Cuba, 21 July 2026 (Guardian) - The US government’s latest allegations that Cuba is behind “many of the most significant upheavals in recent American political history” and that its leaders pose “a unique threat to American homeland security” have come as startling revelations to those living under the six-month-long US oil blockade in Havana, where desperate people search through piles of uncollected rubbish for food, or else swelter at home in 24-hour-plus blackouts. |
The Pacific pays the price of the US-Iran war
| | SUVA, Fiji, 21 July 2026 (PINA) - The war between the United States and Iran, which began on 28 February and continues with no end in sight, has inflicted disproportionate economic and strategic consequences on the small island nations of the Pacific. Although geographically distant from the conflict, these states have been among the hardest hit due to their structural economic vulnerabilities. |
Wallis and Futuna strengthens capacity to understand marine litter
| | MATA UTU, Wallis and Futuna, 21 July 2026 (SPREP) - Marine litter knows no borders. Every year, ocean currents transport thousands of tonnes of waste across the Pacific, sometimes over thousands of kilometres, before it washes ashore on the coastlines of the Blue Pacific islands. The communities living in Wallis and Futuna are amongst the worst impacted. Wallis and Futuna is comprised of three main islands, Wallis, Futuna and Alofi, and a number of tiny islets. |
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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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