Falklands share the collective responsibility to tackle the climate crisis

Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

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By MLA Peter Biggs (*) – In the Falkland Islands, the foundations of our livelihoods are reliant on our environment - fishing, agriculture, tourism - and these key sectors would not exist without healthy ecosystems. Read full article

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Shogun
In 1982, British troops sent to the Falklands were told they were liberating an island of 2,000 people and 6 million penguins, a figure supported by the ICBP (Status and Conservation of Seabirds at the Falkland Islands) in 1984. These 6 million penguins have crashed to less than 1 million over the last 20 years, due to insufficient fish and squid around the Falklands. This coincides with the establishment of a squid and fishing industry around the Falklands. Falkland Islands Sealions and Elephant seals which also rely on fish and squid have also crashed in number over recent years.

Makes a mockery of the statement ” we will not shy away from the collective responsibility we have not only for our own local environment, but for the global environment we share.
Jan 17th, 2023 - 07:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Tænk
Mr. Shogun...

Mayhap them ~2,000 Kelpers are responsibly planning to remediate their YEARLY “licensed” removal of ~600,000 tonnes of biomass from the South-Atlantic (and the carbon footprint of ~200 fishing vessels sailing YEARLY across half the world to do it...) by banning the free plastic shopping bags in their supermarket...?

Capisce...?
Jan 17th, 2023 - 10:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Roger Lorton
Fishing industry is going well, I hear
People got to eat.....
Jan 18th, 2023 - 03:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Tænk
TWIMC...

- Please find linked below a very fresh example of what Angelsächsische politicians like MLA Peter Biggs really mean when they say...:

- ”We will not shy away from the collective responsibility they have not only for our own local environment, but for the global environment we share.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world-news/2023/01/16/TELEMMGLPICT000322128795_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqiY32U_fznYzUnluRtkkLaej0gtbnuetluqu3dxRjzmM.jpeg?imwidth=350&imdensity=2

Capisce...?
Jan 18th, 2023 - 07:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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