CNMI and Guam governors push for deep-sea mining moratorium
| | SAIPAN, CNMI, 6 May 2026 (RNZ) - The two governors are requesting that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee take the following actions: 1) Support an immediate moratorium on all federal actions advancing deep-sea mineral leasing in the Mariana region until robust scientific, environmental, and security analyses are completed. 2) Direct the Department of the Interior and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to redesign their engagement processes to ensure meaningful, early, and sustained participation by territorial governments, Indigenous communities, and local stakeholders. |
Loss and damage reveals staggering losses for Solomon Islands
| | HONIARA, Solomon Islands, 6 May 2026 (SPREP) - Documented economic losses from climate-related events since 1986 has cost the Solomon Islands a staggering USD 300 million. This amount only scratches the surface of the cost of loss and damage, including non-documented harms and non-economic losses and damages, which cannot be measured in monetary terms. |
Coyote swam 2 miles to Alcatraz Island
| | SAN FRANCISCO, US, 6 May 2026 (AP) - A lone coyote stunned biologists and others when earlier this year it paddled its way to the remote Alcatraz Island, a former federal prison in the San Francisco Bay surrounded by swift, choppy waters notorious for thwarting prisoners’ escapes. At the time, biologists guessed the coyote swam from San Francisco, which is a little over 1 mile from the fortress. But it turns out the male coyote actually made an even longer swim from nearby Angel Island, 2 miles away. |
Tunnel study advances for Westman Islands connection
| | REYKJAVIK, Iceland, 6 May 2026 (IR) - Preliminary investigations into a proposed tunnel between mainland Iceland and the Westman Islands are progressing, with core drilling expected to conclude by the end of the year. |
How India uses remote island to show strength against China
| | NEW DELHI, India, 6 May 2026 (DW) - India is transforming Great Nicobar Island, its southernmost territory in the Bay of Bengal, into a major strategic asset. Located at the tip of the Andaman and Nicobar chain, closer to Indonesia's Sumatra than to the Indian mainland, the island sits near the Strait of Malacca, one of the world's busiest shipping corridors. New Delhi is investing about $9 billion to build a transshipment port, airport, township and supporting infrastructure. However, the project also faces criticism over its environmental and social impact, including the felling of about 852,000 trees and risks to Indigenous communities. |
Hantavirus case triggers political friction in Spain
| | MADRID, Spain, 6 May 2026 (El Pais) - The arrival in the Canary Islands in the coming days of the ship where a Hantavirus outbreak occurred has quickly sparked a political battle in Spain. The premier of Spain’s Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, from the Canary Coalition, sparked tension Wednesday morning during a series of interviews with various media outlets. He stated that his government has not received detailed information on how the operation will be carried out and speculated that it might be a highly contagious variant. |
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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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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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