Park rangers unearth 200-year-old shipwreck on remote island
| | NEW YORK, US, 20 April 2026 (FN) - Park rangers in Canada have uncovered a centuries-old shipwreck in a region known for many maritime disasters. The shipwreck is believed to be the Swift, a civilian vessel which sank on Sept 27 in 1812 near Sable Island en route from Bermuda to Newfoundland. |
Fire destroys 1,000 homes in a coastal village on Borneo Island
| | KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, 20 April 2026 (AP ) - A fire that tore through a Malaysian coastal settlement on Borneo Island destroyed about 1,000 homes and displaced over 9,000 people, authorities said. The fire started early Sunday in the Sandakan district and spread rapidly through rows of wooden houses constructed on stilts above the sea, according to the fire and rescue department. |
Arrests fuel fears among Madagascar's gen Z protesters
| | JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 20 April 2026 (Guardian) - The arrest of several protesters in Madagascar has increased fears among young people that the military regime that took power last year after huge Gen Z demonstrations will be no better than the government it overthrew. |
Sea turtles emerge as reef defenders against invasive algae
| | HONOLULU, Hawaii, 19 April 2026 (UH) - An invasive algae already well-established in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands is raising concern among researchers as it threatens to spread into the main Hawaiian Islands. Scientists from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) have identified a potential ally in slowing its advance: green sea turtles. |
Yukon island shows how thawing permafrost is transforming Arctic
| | WHITEHORSE, Canada, 19 April 2026 (CBC) - Thawing permafrost on a small island off the Yukon’s north coast is shedding light on how climate change could dramatically affect the Arctic landscape in years to come. On Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk, an island five kilometres off Yukon’s north coast, rapid changes to the landscape are driven largely by thawing permafrost which creates slumps, says Isla Myers-Smith, a professor at the University of British Columbia. |
Maui residents are rebuilding Lahaina for locals, not tourists
| | LONDON, UK, 19 April 2026 (Guardian) - In March, Hawaii was hit with two back-to-back storms, bringing the worst flooding it's seen in 20 years. In Lahaina, Maui, muddy flood waters turned streets into rivers and carved new paths through the barren landscape, breaking open roads and flooding houses. In their wake, sinkholes appeared, engulfing cars. |
Madagascar's ancient baobabs store 700 years of climate secrets
| | CAPE TOWN, South Africa, 19 April 2026 (Conversation) - Madagascar is home to seven species of baobab trees, of which six are found nowhere else on the planet. Many of the trees have been alive for well over 1,000 years. The ancient trees have become symbols of Madagascar itself. They’re also gifts to climate science. |
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NAF |
 | | North Atlantic Forum bi-annual international conference 17-21 June, 2024, Connemara, Ireland, |
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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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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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