[ISL] Six island links: Easter Island, Iceland, Vieques, Dominica, Saint Helena

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• Catrine Jarman notes how Easter Island's history has been badly misread. The island was sustainably run, after all.


• Dead Things notes how DNA studies of ancient Rapa Nui suggest there was no South American immigration. No contact?


• Will the new airport at St. Helena open up new potential for tourism for the South Atlantic island? Global News reports.


• Iceland is enthusiastically trying to restore its ancient forests, downed by Vikings, so far with not much success. The New York Times reports.


• Ottawa has been urged to give farm workers from Dominica, ravaged by hurricanes, extended work permits. The Toronto Star reports.


• The island of Vieques, already hit by American military testing, has been prostrated by Maria. VICE reports.