Meanwhile, a cluster of small islands in the Inner Hebrides are being sold on the open market.
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Tensions over three small islands brought Chile and Argentina to the verge of armed conflict in the 1970s.
Small Islands Voice "Back Chat" members were among students participating in the annual Beach Clean Up, last Friday.
Densely populated, low-lying areas, such as large river deltas and small islands, are at the greatest risk from flooding.
When the British empire was being dismantled it was unsure what to do with its dozens of small islands like Antigua.
The UAE's rulers are also anxious about Iran, which occupies two small islands in the Gulf that are claimed by the emirates.
Eight small islands share a central bank and a common currency, the Eastern Caribbean dollar, pegged firmly since 1976 to the American greenback.
Recently students from Araura College in Aitutaki wrote an article about "Education" at their school as part of the Small Islands Voice Youth Internet Forum.
We set out paddling on the water to enjoy a spectacular landscape featuring rugged, forested mountains, large rock faces, small islands and a plethora of nature.
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The effect comes partly from the all-glass exterior walls, with their view of Biscayne Bay, downtown Miami, the city's port terminal and a series of small islands.
The New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO promotes the interests and priorities of New Zealand and Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific to the international community.
"Canvey was originally a series of small islands in the Thames estuary, but in the 17th Century Dutch engineers reclaimed land from the sea to form one large island, " says Bush.
The problem is that on the Carteret Islands, a horseshoe shaped scatter of small islands around a central lagoon, nowhere is more than 1.2 meters above sea level.
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Wise practices for conflict prevention and resolution in small islands.
The most powerful storm of the year so far, category four when it broke in to the Caribbean and devastated a series of small islands, we'll hear from Grand Turk.
The games started life in the Isle of Man 1985, as a way of bringing together a number of small islands from different parts of the world in friendly competition.
Moving towards an increasingly integrated approach to sustainable development in small islands, CSI focused on local community perceptions and knowledge relating to the conservation and wise use of freshwater and coastal resources.
Its goals are to overcome the isolation of small islands by providing their citizens, particularly young people, with opportunities to voice their opinions on environmental and development issues in a variety of ways: radio, television, print and Internet-based debate.
The first group of islands in the Bahamas chain, Bimini -- with the small islands of North Bimini and South Bimini at its core -- is only about 50 miles from Miami, but the slow-and-easy lifestyle on the historic atoll feels like a world away.
The General Conference will decide on the proposed programme and budget for the 2012-2013 biennium, which gives priority to sustainable development, culture of peace and non-violence, with a special emphasis on gender equality, Africa, Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and the most vulnerable segments of society.
But even more pertinent is the huge variation in their national interests, between those such as low-lying small islands that may literally cease to exist as nations as the sea level rises, and the oil-producing states of the Persian Gulf and Opec for whom the priority is to keep the oil and gas flowing.
The draft programme and budget being considered by the General Conference gives priority to sustainable development, the development of a culture of peace and non-violence with a special emphasis on gender equality, Africa, youth, Education for All (EFA), Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and the most vulnerable segments of society.
The programme is a joint initiative of two UNESCO sectors (Education, through the Associated Schools Project network, and Natural Sciences, through the Small Islands and Indigenous Knowledge Section) in the framework of the Intersectoral Platform for Small Island Developing States, and in cooperation with the UNESCO Offices in Apia, Dar-es-Salaam, Kingston and other regions.
During this session, expected to be presided over by Ms Katalin Bogyay (Hungary), the General Conference will decide on the proposed programme and budget for the 2012-2013 biennium, which gives priority to sustainable development, culture of peace and non-violence, with a special emphasis on gender equality, Africa, youth, Education for All (EFA), Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and the most vulnerable segments of society.
Low-lying coastal areas, including small nearshore islands, are among the most intensively used areas in all countries.
The new idea in Nature Communications uses small "islands" of energy-storing materials dotted on a stretchy polymer.
All that remains unresolved is a small stretch along the Amur River near the Russian city of Khabarovsk, where three small river islands, no more than 12 sq km in total, are not yet covered by treaty.
The reptiles are unique to a small group of islands in eastern Indonesia.
Small, mountainous islands bereft of natural resources and an unfortunate susceptibility to earthquakes.
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