Tag: Robin Swanson

• Friday, March 2nd 2012 - 07:26 UTC

  Falklands “opening” ceremony to celebrate clearance of mine-fields left by Argentina

  

  Next March 26 the Falkland Islands will be holding an ‘opening’ ceremony to celebrate the release of another 3.5 square kilometres which have been cleared from mines and other explosives planted by Argentine forces during the 1982 invasion.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 15:50 UTC

  Falklands’ “land release” demining phase begins next week with 18 Zimbabweans

  

  The team from BACTEC International Ltd that will be carrying out the second phase of the demining pilot project is in the Falklands are in the Islands and will look to release significant areas of land behind the Stanley Common fence to the South-west of the capital.

• Thursday, December 8th 2011 - 20:01 UTC

  Falklands’ land mine clearance set to enter a new expanded phase in early 2012

  

  Robin Swanson, head of the Demining Program Office and visiting the Falkland Islands this week ahead of the new phase of land-mine clearance due to start early next year, confirmed that the forthcoming planned clearances will advance the demining process from the pilot stage to a more advanced “land release” phase.