Jersey and Guernsey included in UK-Gulf trade deal
| | LONDON, UK, 22 May 2026 (BBC) - Jersey and Guernsey have been included in a new trade deal between the UK and Middle Eastern nations. Both government's said they had been included in the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), giving businesses "preferential access" to overseas markets and making it easier and cheaper to trade with the islands. Jersey's government said the GCC had become an "increasingly significant market" for its financial and related professional services sector while leaders in Guernsey said the deal would be a "valuable platform". |
How Pacific islands are uniquely vulnerable to the oil crisis
| | SUVA, Fiji, 22 May 2026 (Guardian) - The Pacific region is already at the forefront of the climate crisis thanks to rising sea lewvels and increasing natural disasters. But the fuel crisis caused by the US-Israel war on Iran is revealing another fossil-fuel based vulnerability. The reliance of countries and territories in the Pacific on imported oil is expected to hit economic growth and increase inflation. The shortages are already showing up in the price of cassava, the cost of the school run, and in businesses’ bottom lines. |
There is 'absolutely' an appetite for fixed links, says OIC leader
| | KIRKWALL, Orkney, 21 May 2021 (Orcadian) - There is “absolutely” support for fixed links in Orkney, council leader Heather Woodbridge has said. But funding from government is needed before such projects can even be explored, as Orkney Islands Council does not have “budgets to speculate,” she added. Councillor Woodbridge was giving evidence to a Scottish Affairs Committee hearing on fixed links, held on Wednesday. |
The fight against foreign developers buying Caribbean beaches
| | LONDON, UK, 21 May 2026 (BBC) - Land ownership in Barbuda is collective, meaning that individual citizens have the right to occupy a plot of land by applying for a lease, but technically, they do not privately own it. Instead, all land is owned communally, and citizens share the collective right to be consulted and to have the final say on major developments. The ownership system was established after slavery ended in Barbuda in 1834 and was officially recognised by the government of Antigua and Barbuda in 2007, when the Barbuda Land Act was passed. |
SPREP applauds commitment to safeguarding the Pacific Ocean
| | PORT MORESBY, PNG, 21 May 2026 (SPREP) - An interconnected MPA spanning at least 6 million skm2 has been committed by Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu through the Melanesian Ocean Corridor of Reserves (MOCOR) Declaration and Framework 2026 - 2030. Signed this month between the three Pacific Island countries, this newly established ambitious network of national and jointly managed protected areas will be the largest transboundary MPA in the world. |
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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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