An abundance of marine life - but the wildlife of the Falkland Islands is more vulnerable than most
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The Falkland Islands have become surprisingly diverse
What springs to mind when you think of the Falklands? You might imagine the wild, windswept landscape, sparsely populated by the sheep-farming communities that have made the Islands their home for nearly 200 years. Those of my vintage will recall grainy television images of the war in 1982, Margaret Thatcher’s subsequent visit, and grateful islanders
An abundance of marine life - but the wildlife of the Falkland Islands is more vulnerable than most
Conservation and research here is almost entirely reliant on grant funding from the UK government through a scheme for British Overseas Territories called Darwin Plus. But the future of the scheme is in doubt as budgets for overseas development and conservation are threatened.
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