Tag: The South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT)

• Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 03:51 UTC

  Princess Anne in the Falkland Islands laid a wreath at Liberation Monument

  

  Due to adverse weather, the timings for the two events which were due to take place in the Falkland Islands later this month on the occasion of the visit of HRH The Princess Royal Anne and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence took place on Tuesday in Stanley.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 15:31 UTC

  South Georgia completes third phase of rodent eradication project

  

  The Falkland Islands government will be holding this week a reception for the team involved in the world's largest attempted rodent eradication project, in windy South Georgia, which completed the current baiting phase at the end of March.

• Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 07:03 UTC

  HMS Protector in cleanup and surveying tasks in South Georgia

  

  The men and women of HMS Protector have helped the South Georgia Government by carrying out a beach cleanup and glacier survey. 700 miles east of the Falklands, South Georgia is a crescent shaped island with magnificent scenery and wildlife. But over the years debris from several shipwrecks has been washed up on the island’s beaches.

• Thursday, January 29th 2015 - 19:38 UTC

  Funds for South Georgia habitat restoration program; third phase begins February

  

  The South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) has been awarded a quarter of a million pounds towards the final phase of the Habitat Restoration, or rodent eradication Project, reports South Georgia's Newsletter. The third phase of the several years program is scheduled to begin in February.