Vanuatu's tourism sector advances plastic phase-out
| | PORT VILA, Vanuatu, 10 July 2026 (SPREP) - Vanuatu is accelerating efforts to reduce plastic pollution by embedding single-use plastic (SUP) phase-out measures into the future direction of its tourism industry. Vanuatu has long been recognised as a regional leader in tackling plastic pollution. In 2018, it became one of the first countries in the world, and the first in the Pacific, to legally ban single-use plastic bags, straws, and polystyrene takeaway containers. |
SAERI launches new research projects across the Falklands
| | MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, 10 July 2026 (MercoPress) - The South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI) has secured funding for a series of new scientific projects aimed at strengthening environmental monitoring, conservation science and evidence-based management across the Falklands and the wider South Atlantic. The projects span terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and seek to answer four questions that guide the institute's work: what biodiversity the territory holds, how it is changing, what threats it faces and what management actions can be taken. |
It's time for Australia to be a good neighbour to the Pacific
| | ADELAIDE, Australia, 10 July 2026 (Conversation) - In the past week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has signed security and defence agreements with Vanuatu and Fiji, visited Fiji and Solomon Islands, and hosted leaders from Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga in Brisbane. Against this flurry of Pacific diplomacy, China tested a ballistic missile in the region, reminding all players of its presence and its growing power. While the Albanese government has done much work in the Pacific and is generally on better terms with its leaders than the previous Morrison government, Australia can do more to be a good neighbour. |
After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?
| | SOUTHAMPTON, UK, 9 July 2026 (Conversation) - The same question drives both the plot of Moana and decades of archaeological research: why, after centuries of relative stability, did Polynesian voyagers suddenly begin settling islands thousands of kilometres away across the Pacific? |
Eco-concrete and grass tech take top awards at PIF
| | WELLINGTON, New Zealand, 9 July 2026 (RNZ) - A type of sustainable concrete and grass systems for soil stabilisation were the big winners of the first Wave Makers Pacific Innovation Forum (PIF) for Climate and Environment held in Vanuatu last week. |
Trump says US ‘may take over Kharg Island'
| | DOHA, Qatar, 8 July 2026 (Al Jazeera) - US President Donald Trump has once again turned his focus to Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export hub, after declaring an interim ceasefire with Iran “over” and warning the US was preparing more strikes. |
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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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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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IWRA |
| | 2nd Islands Water Congress 9-11 Dec, 2026, Montego Bay, Jamaica |
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