This Saturday's LAN Chile flight to the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) will bring together in Stanley environmentalists from several countries, including Chile, Brazil and Argentina, to participate in a workshop entitled, Albatross and Petrels in the South Atlantic: Priorities and Conservation.
Rockhopper Exploration which holds hydrocarbons exploration and production licences offshore the Falkland Islands completed in mid February seismic and electro magnetic imaging surveys over their acreage.
There are no political overtones in this at all, it's just a necessary repair job that has to be done as quickly as possible, which means going to the nearest available dry dock of a size to take Endurance. She's a big ship and there aren't that many big dry docks around the South Atlantic.
The Falkland Islands government (FIG) and Stanley Services Ltd (SSL) have revealed the formula used for fixing fuel prices.
The Company reports that a four-man team has recently completed a successful
visit to the Falkland Islands during which the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for drilling in Tranches C and D in the North Falkland Basin was
presented, as required by Falkland Islands Law, at a well-attended public
meeting in Stanley.
Argentina is behaving in an increasingly bellicose way over the Falkland Islands, a prominent British MP has warned.
The Falkland Islands face an economically difficult year which means the elected Councillors have some tough decisions ahead regarding spending priorities
Falkland Islands Councillors did not show much enthusiasm about a proposal for the British Overseas Territories to have direct representation in the Westminster and European Union Parliaments.
The Falkland Islands Fisheries Department's Chief Scientist Doctor Alexander Sasha Arkhipkin has been elected President of the Cephalopod International Advisory Council.
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