News stories by Jon Letman

HONOLULU, Hawaii, U.S., May 22 (IPS) - The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Council announced Wednesday that the 2016 World Conservation Congress (WCC) will meet in Hawaii - the first time in its 66-year history that the world's largest conservation conference will be hosted by the United States.

KAUAI, Hawaii, Aug 10 (IPS) - As construction of a hotly contested naval base on South Korea’s Jeju Island advances, there’s a showdown underway.

Can a single species of tree significantly reduce hunger, unemployment and deforestation in the tropics? Researchers and scientists behind a surge in breadfruit activity think so.

This November, when the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum holds its annual rotating summit in Honolulu, it will attract more than the attention of the world's media.

Six months into Barack Obama's presidency, the U.S. public's display of antiwar sentiment has faded to barely a whisper.