Tag: Falklands Conservation

• Wednesday, March 9th 2016 - 06:47 UTC

  Falklands celebrates “Tussac Tuesday”, one of the most valuable native plants

  

  In rare coincidence with the International Women´s Day, the Falkland Islands celebrated ”Tussac Tuesday'', the Poa flabellata grass, one of the most valuable native plants to farmers and wildlife in the Islands. It is palatable all year round and can provide good supplementary forage for cattle, horses and sheep.

• Saturday, September 5th 2015 - 07:44 UTC

  Falklands: recreational area next to Stanley could be cleared of Argentine mines after 33 years

  

  A popular recreation area that has been out of bounds for over thirty three years for the people of the Falkland Islands, Yorke Bay, only a few miles away from the capital Stanley, because of the mines laid by the invading Argentine forces in 1982, could in a near future be cleared and again open to the public.

• Wednesday, August 27th 2014 - 20:42 UTC

  Falkland Islands resident off to Oxford University with a Chevening scholarship

  

  A Falkland Islands resident is off to the University of Oxford later this year, after being announced as the Falkland Islands' newest Chevening Scholar. Clare Cockwell has been offered a full scholarship under the UK Government's Chevening programme to study towards an MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management at Hertford College.

• Thursday, February 14th 2013 - 20:46 UTC

  Pod of pilot whales found dead after stranding in the east coast of the Falklands

  

  Falklands Conservation confirmed the stranding of long-finned pilot whales including the death of 22 adults on the east coast of East Falkland at Pleasand Roads, half way between Stanley and Mare Harbour.