Geology → Islands
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Organizations relating to Islands
Small Island Developing States - Island Energy for Island Life
Global Islands Network / Knockintorran, UK / Est. 2002
Island Dynamics / Copenhagen, Denmark / Est. 2009
Institute of Island Studies / Charlottetown PE, Canada / Est. 1985
Centre for Tourism in Islands and Coastal Areas / Chatham, UK
Small Islands Initiative / Marseille, France
Island Conservation / Santa Cruz CA, USA
Confederation of Employers' Organizations of the Indian Ocean Islands / Port Louis, Mauritius / Est. 1992
Indian Ocean Islands Association for Environmental Assessment / Est. 2002
Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands / Kagoshima, Japan / Est. 1988
Media Island International / Olympia WA, USA / Est. 1991
Conference of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the Island Regions of the European Union
Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous Wastes and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific / Est. 1995
Protocol Relating to the Karagatch Territory and the Islands of Imbros and Tenedos / Est. 1923
Treaty Relating to Their Insular Possessions and Insular Dominions in the Pacific Ocean / Est. 1921
Evangelical Alliance of the South Pacific Islands / Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
International Center for Medicine and Law, Staten Island / Staten Island NY, USA / Est. 1982
Mediterranean Island Network / Est. 1996
Island Resources Foundation / Est. 1972
Archipelago / Brest, France
Pacific Islanders in Communications / Honolulu HI, USA / Est. 1991
Forum Telecommunications Programme / Est. 1989
Caritas inter-îles
Issue Based Indian Ocean Network / Est. 1985
Weisse Inseln / Est. 1954
South Pacific Islands Criminal Intelligence Network / Est. 1987
European Islands System of Links and Exchanges / Ajaccio, France / Est. 1992
Regional Information and Informatics Network for South Pacific Island Nations / Apia, Samoa / Est. 1999
Integrated Biodiversity Strategies for Islands and Coastal Regions
Consortium of Caribbean Universities for Natural Resource Management / Humacao, Puerto Rico / Est. 1988
Clean Islands International / Est. 1992
Institut de développement des îles méditerranéennes / Corte, France / Est. 1976
Asia and South Pacific Island Trading Organization
Godzilla - Asian and Pacific Islander Art Network / New York NY, USA / Est. 1990
Archipelago Mundi / Amsterdam, Netherlands / Est. 1980
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission / Est. 1990
South Pacific Islands Fisheries Development Agency / Est. 1970
UNU Small Islands Network
Cooperative Islands Initiative / Auckland, New Zealand / Est. 2002
World Association for Island Studies / Jeju, Korea Rep / Est. 2002
Islands Commission / Rennes, France / Est. 1979
European Small Islands Federation / Westport, Ireland / Est. 2001
Islands of the Baltic Sea / Kärdla, Estonia / Est. 1989
Islands and Small States Institute, Malta / Msida, Malta / Est. 1989
Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Insular Coastal Dynamics / Msida, Malta / Est. 1987
IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States / Nairobi, Kenya / Est. 2011
International Centre for Island Technology / Stromness, UK / Est. 1989
Network of the Insular Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the European Union / Chios, Greece / Est. 1999
Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center / Est. 1987
Centre for Documentation, Research and Training on the Islands of the South West Indian Ocean / Est. 1981
View all profiles (78 total) in the Yearbook of International Organizations
World Problems relating to Islands
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialThreatened island habitats
Rising sea level
Legal havens
Inadequate transport systems for isolated islands
Territorial disputes between states
Vulnerability of island developing countries and territories
Action Strategies relating to Islands
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialAdapting coast management techniques to environmental conditions on small islands
Assisting coastal and island states to expand marine research capabilities
Assessing small island carrying capacity and development options
Surveying natural resources of small islands
Preparing sustainable development plans for small islands
Finding waste management solutions for densely populated areas and small islands
Assisting economic development of small island nations
Securing rights
Collecting data for sustainable development planning in small islands
Supporting environmentally sound technology for sustainable development of small islands
Improving inter-island information exchanges
Making efficient use of limited capacities in small island states
Strengthening island information systems
Integrating local planning in education curricula in small islands
Establishing regional centres for support to small island states
Educating for integrated island management
Conserving island animals and plants
Conserving New Guinea outer islands/Solomon Islands moist forest ecoregion
Conserving Seychelles and Mascarene Islands forest ecoregion
Conserving Hainan Island forest ecoregion
Conserving South Island temperate rainforest ecoregion
Conserving South Pacific island forest ecoregion
Conserving Gulf of Guinea island forest ecoregion
Conserving Andaman Islands forest ecoregion
Conserving Socotra Island desert ecoregion
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