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Tristan da Cunha: The lobsters keeping Earth's remotest town afloat
LONDON, UK, 16 September 2025 (BBC) - The fishing gong is calling. At 05:00 local time, the clang of a hammer on an old oxygen gas cylinder wakes me up. It's fishing day on Tristan da Cunha, a speck of land in the South Atlantic Ocean that is home to barely more than 200 people. Beyond the UK Overseas Territory, the nearest inhabited settlement lies more than 2,400km (1,491 miles) away.

Padar Island project complies with Komodo conservation rules
JAKARTA, Indonesia, 16 September 2025 (JG) -  The Forestry Ministry said Tuesday that the planned construction of a resort on Padar Island, part of the Komodo National Park in East Nusa Tenggara, complies with environmental and conservation regulations, while awaiting an assessment from UNESCO.

New Ireland communities launch their own marine management plans
NEW IRELAND, PNG, 15 September 2025 (SPREP) - Four coastal communities in New Ireland Province have launched their own management plans to protect and restore seagrass beds and mangrove forests that sustain their shores, culture, and livelihoods.

Madagascar's dry forests need attention
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, 15 September 2025 (Mongabay) - Western Madagascar is home to some of the country’s poorest communities and its most endangered wildlife, presenting intertwined challenges for conservation. The region’s characteristic dry forests have been badly damaged by clearing of land for shifting agriculture - and for mining, plantations and timber harvesting - over the past 50 years: Across Madagascar, nearly 60% of dry forest species are classed as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered.

A Greek island has 1,000 private chapels
TINOS, Greece, 15 September 2025 (AP) - More than a thousand chapels dot the Greek island of Tinos. In a rare centuries-old tradition, the mostly simple, room-sized stone structures are painstakingly maintained by the ordinary families that own them.

Baranof Island bears get first-ever state count
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, 15 September 2025 (APM) - Biologists have launched the first-ever state study of brown bear numbers on Sitka’s Baranof Island. Managers say they need updated data to manage the population appropriately. Baranof Island is really big - about 1,600 square miles and larger than the state of Rhode Island. The brown bear population is currently managed using really old numbers based on populations from a different island, measured nearly 40 years ago.

ISLAND INNOVATION
Global Sustainable Islands Summit 21-23 May, 2024, Prince Edward Island, Canada

SIDS
4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States 27-30 May 2024, Antigua and Barbuda

NAF
North Atlantic Forum bi-annual international conference 17-21 June, 2024, Connemara, Ireland, 

ISISA
19th Islands of the World Conference 25-29 June, 2024, Lombok Island, Indonesia

IWRA
1st Islands Water Congress 4-6 Sept, 2024, Torshavn, Faroe Islands

ANATOMY OF ISLANDS
12th Anatomy of Islands symposium 26-28 Sept, 2024, Jelsa, Hvar Island, Croatia

CIS
Critical Island Studies 4th international conference 3-4 Oct, 2024, Manila, Philippines

CBD
COP16 21 Oct-1 Nov, 2024, Cali, Colombia

UNFCCC
COP29 11-22 November, 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan

ISLAND DYNAMICS
DARKNESS II conference, 20-23 January 2025, Nuuk, Greenland

JICAS
Islands And Island Studies conference 3-7 June, 2025, Jersey, Channel Islands

UNITED NATIONS
UN Ocean Conference 9-13 June, 2025, Nice, France

UPEI
3rd international conference on SIS and SNIJs 16-20 June, 2025, Charlottetown, PEI

OTIE
17th International Islands Conference 23-25 October, 2025, Corsica, France