UK launches environmental and climate fund for Overseas Territories
The UK has launched a new Overseas Territories Environment and Climate Fund, which consolidates funds from the Foreign Office, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for International Development, dedicated to environmental and conservation projects in those territories.
The Overseas Territories are home to many species and environments found nowhere else in the world – including an estimated 90% of the biodiversity found within the UK and Overseas Territories combined. The unique environmental wealth of the Overseas Territories was highlighted in the recent UK Government White Paper on the Overseas Territories.
In welcoming the new £ 2 million Fund, Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds said it was an excellent example of how to meet the White Paper commitment and provide coordinated support.
“It is a signal of how important we consider the environments of the Overseas Territories to be. I have high hopes that this Fund will lead to many innovative and creative projects which will result in better sustainable environmental management in the Overseas Territories“, said the minister.
Following the announcement on the creation of the new Fund, Dr Tim Stowe, International Director from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB, praised the initiative.
”This is excellent news for Britain's albatrosses, iguanas, whales, and elephant seals, and is a welcome announcement alongside the Government's recently announced action plan for Overseas Territories’ biodiversity.”
The new Fund provides a simpler and more co-ordinated funding mechanism and will support a range of environment and climate-related issues to ensure long-term sustainable natural resource management in the Overseas Territories.
The Fund was launched to coincide with the 11th meeting of theConference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Hyderabad, India.
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There is virtually no Argentine social or economic indicator that is superior than Falkland Island indicators (human development, poverty, inequality, crime levels, etc)
Question of Argentina “taking care” of the Falklands is only hypothetical unless and until the Falkland Islands people wish to change their status as a self-determining community and a British Overseas Territory.
It says: ”this is excellent news fo BRITAINS^ albatroos, iguanas, whales and elephant seals, and is a welcomed announcement alongside the Gov recent annouced (can you repet annoucement announced, isnt redundante?)action plan for BOTS biodeiversity”
sorry, but albatroos iguanas whales and elephants seals are malvineses, not british, because they dont live in Britain, neither this ocean is the north atlantic, what happens......dont you have mapssssssssss????
It seems britain is even robbing you, squatters of FI, the fauna.....They are not NOT British and they come to much to our continent, not to Europe.
Argentina needs to look after its indigenous population who by the way the UN have criticised for removal off their lands.
Argentina would not be able to run the Islands properly as it has not managed looking after itself competently.
Unlike the UK who station armed forces on the islands to protect the Islands, the Argentines would not be able to resist using armed forces of the Islands to subjugate the unarmed civilians.
The Argentine armed forces are expert at harrassing unarmed people, they have had plenty of practice in the last 40 years.
Yawn, I bet if the Falkland Islanders turned around tomorrow saying that they wanted to be Argentine you would greet them with open arms. No longer would you use the term Kelper or Squatter but Brothers and sisters instead.
It's OUR region too, pal. And we'll protect it if we like. How can you possibly object to people saying they want to look after the environment?
And we only need to keep it by force because you would take it off us by force. Why don't you give it up and then we can all live in peace.
Are you saying that the phauna and the region are british ???
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Of course they aren't British. They aren't Argentinean or South American either. They're just animals. They don't do politics.
And you aren't offering dialogue. You're offering to take our country away from us. We don't want to use force; we just want to be left in peace. You think you have the right to threaten us because you want our country. You won't get it.
There are animals that live in Europe and there are animals that live in SAM. They are not the same.
What threaten........if you are so confortable been squidmillonaires.
Why don't you do a little in- depth research and find out what happens to the whales, or the terns, or the sooty shearwaters, when they aren't in the Falklands? Our sooty shearwaters travel as far as Norway. Does that make them European or South American?
Ok Malen well let the diddle-dee have the vote so they can decide their political alligance.
We study our country by regions, and every region is habitat for different species. For example pampeana, patagónica, etc. It is very determined by the clima (desértico, árido, tropical, etc) and geography (meseta, llanura, etc). And our Southamerican continent phauna has its own charecteristics, that for ex differs enourmelly from those of other regions like África.
www.voyagesphotosmanu.com/flora_fauna_sudamerica.html
The Falklands belong to Argentina because we have the same birds and grass.
Thanks for the primary school geography lesson.
I think you'll find that if you are defining a place by its climate and geography, you are talking about biomes that occur in many places around the world and are very similar in many respects. If you want to talk about specific fauna, then you are talking about ecoregions. An ecoregion can have lots of different habitats.
Actually it's all quite arbitrary. The Falkland Islands are generally supposed to be the same ecoregion as parts of Magallanes, Tierra del Fuego and Santa Cruz. I've also seen an atlas where East Falkland is classed as a sub- Antarctic island. Take your pick.
I can't see how any of this helps you. What was your point again?
Yawn, I bet if the Falkland Islanders turned around tomorrow saying that they wanted to be Argentine you would greet them with open arms. No longer would you use the term Kelper or Squatter but Brothers and sisters instead.
and second Conor I dont want you to be argentine.
Are you saying that only species that are indigenous to the South American Continent have any right to be in South America?
Yeah native to South America, something Argentina is not, Argentina is native to Spain. I'am not a Falkland islander but the point is if they turned around tomorrow they would greet them with open arms. Because you Argies will use any excuse to claim the islands which are not yours.
I looked at a map before I wrote this and it was an island approx. 1000 miles from South America. Certainly not joined to Argentina.
As Britain has sovereignty over S.Georgia and the Sandwich islands, then the responsibility to look after the animal population lies with us. They do not belong to us or anyone else. Argentina would be most welcome to join in this venture in as much as it effects their littoral and pelagic waters.
“native of southamerica of Argentina”
The flora and fauna in South America were there before Argentina existed, long before RG and Spanish mates committed genocide on the native indian tribes-so therefore the flora and fauna of South America cannot be wholly Argentine.
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“There are animals that live in Europe and there are animals that live in SAM. They are not the same.”
The House Sparrow lives in the Falkland Islands and Europe. So does the Peregrine Falcon.
Correct,they are neither British NOR Argentinian birds and animals. They belong to the sub-Antarctic fauna.
The main breeding grounds in question are the Falklands, S.Georgia and the S. Sandwich islands. These are administered by the Falkland Island Govt. or the UK.
You say that the territories“ should all become independent or part of Britain proper, depending on the preference of their inhabitants” .
I thought that these were the proposals vehemently disputed by the Argentine government ?
Either way, Argentina gets nothing.
How can you steal something that already belongs to you ?
For the Channel islands you would have to go back to William, Duke of Normandy to sort that out. I don't think that the UK or France have any serious issues over these islands. A small loophole about VAT for distance selling has been closed.
As for the Caymans I have no strong opinion about “sovereignty”
You go on to say that the peaceful CFK HAS ONLY DEMANDED TALKS“. Demand is not a peaceful word with ”or else......” implied in the background.
She knows full well Britain's position - persuade the Falkland Islanders and Britain will aquiesse with their wishes.
Due to her intransigence she refuses to acknowledge any of their wishes and pretends that they do not exist except as squatters on holy mother Argentina's sacred land..
They are the ones in the firing line. The only outcome she will accept is giving the land to Argentina and dominance of the seas around Antarctica,- including all the islands. For this she will probably say that they can remain British keep their way of life but be under Argentine jurisdiction. This may work for a few years, then the screw would turn. An Argentinian population would be bussed in, eventually outnumbering the locals. A vote would be demanded for full integration into Argentina and be carried. End of story !
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