Tag: Nick Rendell

• 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.

• Friday, February 28th 2014 - 04:49 UTC

  Falkland Islands considering signing the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

  

  Although the Falkland Islands has not yet signed up to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) it is being actively considered, stated Environmental Officer Nick Rendell, responding to an article that criticized the fact that only four UK Overseas Territories have joined the treaty, reports the latest edition from the Penguin News.

• 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.

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 18:50 UTC

  Falklands debates full time lawmakers and how to attract younger generations to elected posts

  

  With the next general election for Legislative Assembly Members for the Falkland Islands Government less than a year away, public consultation has begun on whether the posts should become full time with an appropriate salary paid.

• Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 11:29 UTC

  Falklands recover 370 hectares of Stanley Common made minefields in 1982 by Argentine forces

  

  Thirty years after the end of the Falkland Islands conflict, 370 hectares of Stanley Common south of Sapper Hill recently cleared by BACTEC (mine action and bomb disposal specialists), have been opened to the public, reports the Penguin News.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 13:50 UTC

  New environmental forum brings Falklands’ oil industry and environmentalists together

  

  Representatives of local conservation organisations, the oil industry, and the Falkland Islands Government recently attended the first meeting of the Falkland Islands Offshore Hydrocarbons Environmental Forum held on the 27th September in Stanley.