Tag: wildlife

• Tuesday, May 1st 2018 - 10:15 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government Partnership with local Environmental NGO Updated

  

  The Falklands Islands Government have just recently finalized a review process of their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Falklands Conservation, a local environmental NGO. This is an important partnership for the Government and has been in place 2006 on a formal basis.

• Friday, February 9th 2018 - 10:03 UTC

  Falklands protects wildlife in the breeding and moulting season

  

  A Falkland Islands government calls for prudence, respect, and distance, to protect wildlife in the breeding and moulting season. ”The public are advised that during the summer season, moulting or breeding penguins and wildlife come ashore around the islands to rest and/or care for their young.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2018 - 16:04 UTC

  Falklands ecosystem documented in National Geographic February

  

  The National Geographic February 2018 will document the Falkland Islands' diverse ecosystem by wildlife photographer Paul Nicklen. The piece points out that for every permanent resident in the Falklands there are 167 sheep, but also the Islands have 65 species of birds, along marine mammals in the surrounding ecosystem.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 00:35 UTC

  Falkland Islands unravelled

  

  By Alicia Dunkley-Willis, Jamaica Observer - What does a country with 3,000 people and nearly half a million sheep look like? After 18 hours of flying and trekking through four airports, I was determined to find out.

• Tuesday, March 13th 2012 - 12:26 UTC

  New Oceanites Antarctic Compendium Available

  

  Ron Naveen, President of Oceanites, announced that the new compendium, covering 142 different sites on the Antarctic Peninsula, can now be downloaded in PDF format at no cost.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2011 - 09:09 UTC

  South Georgia ordinance gives new powers to protect unique natural environment

  

  Tuesday afternoon on May 31st saw the signing of the Wild Life and Protected Areas Ordinance for the Government of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI).