Tag: the Falkland Islands Demining Programme Office (FIDPO)

• Saturday, June 24th 2017 - 12:24 UTC

  Falklands demining team have recovered over 3,000 anti-personnel mines and over 150 anti-tank mines.

  

  SINCE their deployment in October 2016 through to June 2017, the BACTEC teams have worked on 47 minefield areas from Fox Bay, Port Howard and Goose Green to the Stanley area. The team will now leave for three months before continuing the current phase.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2016 - 21:02 UTC

  Falklands mine clearance project receives a new £20m UK commitment

  

  The Falkland Islands Government, FIG, and Falkland Islanders have welcomed the announcement of a new £20m landmine clearance commitment by the UK which will make safe dozens of areas which have been unusable for residents and visitors. The project financed by the Foreign Office and Ministry of Defense will clear 46 minefields over the next two years and prepare for clearance another 27. So far more than 30 minefields have been cleared in the Falklands in recent years and this is in line with the UK obligations under the Ottawa Treaty.