Communities revive customary systems to protect the seas
| | JAKARTA, Indonesia, 13 May 2026 (Mongabay) - On small islands across eastern Indonesia, coastal communities are reviving customary rules, seasonal fishing closures, turtle protection and mangrove stewardship to protect marine ecosystems threatened by blast fishing, turtle hunting and habitat loss. |
Manta Resort unveils new underwater room on Pemba Island
| | PEMBA ISLAND, Tanzania, 13 May 2026 (HN) - The Manta Resort today announces the launch of its newly reimagined Underwater Room, offering guests and media a first opportunity to experience a new generation of underwater hospitality in the waters off Pemba Island. |
Japan's Minamitorishima Island
| | TOKYO, Japan, 13 May 2026 (Nippon) - The uninhabited island Minamitorishima has come under the spotlight as a potential base for mining rare earths from the seabed nearby, as well as a possible site for storing nuclear waste. At one time coconut oil and guano were produced on the island, but supplying production materials to this remote location proved extremely difficult. This problem, combined with severe weather conditions such as rising tides as well as infectious diseases, led to the island becoming uninhabited in 1935. Although there are still no civilian residents today, the island has a runway and wharf, and personnel from Japan’s Ministry of Defense and the Japan Meteorological Agency are stationed there. |
Can Great Nicobar Islands survive India’s development aspirations?
| | THE HAGUE, Netherlands, 13 May 2026 (GV) - The proposed Great Nicobar Development Project includes a transshipment port, an international airport, a township, and a power plant. First proposed by NITI Aayog (policy commission) in the late 2010s, the project received environmental clearance in 2002 and has since moved into the early stages of implementation. The Indian government has described the project as strategically significant because of the island’s location near the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s busiest maritime trade routes. |
The young skipper from Culatra defending his island’s fishing identity
| | BRUSSELS, Belgium, 12 May 2026 (EC) - Fishing is woven into the identity of the small island of Culatra off the south of Portugal, but with fewer young fishers entering the profession, it is in danger of being lost. Coming from a long line of fishers, Hugo Padinha was determined not to let that happen. By investing in his own fishing boat - with the help of EU funding – the 31-year-old is becoming part of the new generation of forward-looking artisanal fishers helping to keep Culatra’s maritime heritage alive. |
The sunny Danish island that's a poster child for the good life
| | SAMSO, Denmark, 12 May 2026 (Guardian) - The island of Samsø lies off the coast of the Jutland peninsula, an hour’s ferry ride from Aarhus, and is something of a poster child for sustainability and the good life, being known as “Denmark’s vegetable garden” because of its fertile soil and beneficial climate. It’s been energy-positive since 2007, thanks to community buy-in to initiatives including windfarm ownership and biomass heating systems powered by agricultural waste. The aim is to be completely fossil fuel-free by 2030 – two decades ahead of Denmark’s goal of carbon-neutrality by 2050. |
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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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GSIS |
| | Global Sustainable Islands Summit 20-22 April, 2026, Gran Canaria, Spain |
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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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IWRA |
| | 2nd Islands Water Congress 9-11 Dec, 2026, Montego Bay, Jamaica |
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