Human impact on the Falkland Islands environment

Armstrong, Patrick

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“…Changes in the global market involve fashion in food and fibre consumption, and fashion can have enormous impacts upon local environments and economies. For example, see Armstrong's (1994) review of the changes to the Falkland Island ecology of the as a result of the fashion for seal pelts and oil. Today, the fashion for 'organic' foods, which are perceived as healthy and less damaging to the environment, has the potential to affect widespread economies and ecologies.…”

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The Wild Kangaroo Industry: Developing the Potential for Sustainability

Hercock

2004

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Wildlife resources the world over have long been subject to harvest and management. As wildlife uses have grown, so too have the need and desire to ensure their sustainability.This new context of sustainability presents opportunities to merge ecological, economic and social elements to foster development. This paper presents the management and harvesting of wild kangaroos as an example of the potentially sustainable use of a natural resource. Some comparisons are drawn between the use of other wild living resources, deer in Europe and crayfish in Western Australia. However, sustainability of kangaroo species and the industry is not just a matter of market economics and ecology, it must also be socially sustainable. The public policy instrument of a statutory advisory board with a marketing function is proposed in order to integrate the cultural and social aspects of kangaroo management with the economic and ecological aspects. Through such integration, full sustainability of a wild resource then might be achieved.

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Section: Trade and The Marketmentioning

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The Wild Kangaroo Industry: Developing the Potential for Sustainability

Hercock

2004

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“…Early accounts of the Falklands describe a vast and unappealing landscape with little economic opportunity. Sealing (and other types of hunting and fishing) was a common purpose for early visits; populations of fur seals, elephant seals, sea lions and penguins were all impacted (Armstrong, ). It was not until the late 1850s and 1860s that a clear economic role was established—that of repairing and supplying the ships that were sailing around the southern tip of South America.…”

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“…Parallels of this productivist treatment of nature can be found in transformations to vast grasslands in New Zealand; their dominant sheep industry triggered changes in the landscape via overstocking, overgrazing and burning to manage the land (Brooking & Pawson, ). Early instances of intentional burning in the Falklands were by visiting sealers in the early 1800s (Woods et al, ), and also by French settler Bougainville, who—in addition to introducing pigs, cattle and sheep to the Falklands—considered tussac useless and burned it to clear the land or aid hunting (Armstrong, ). These settlers also exterminated the only endemic mammal—the native, fox‐like warrah—for fur, entertainment, or to protect their stock.…”

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“…Tussac is well adapted to its coastal environment, tolerating extreme salt stress and photosynthesizing in temperatures below zero degree Celsius (Armstrong, ). It also provides cover and habitat to a variety of birds and marine mammals, while also benefiting from the guano deposited by birds and the soil aeration provided by penguin burrows (Armstrong, ). Many of the bird species breeding in the tussac are endemic to the Falklands (Hoppé & McAdam, ).…”

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‘We secured the tussac’: Accounts of ecological discovery, exploitation and renewal in the Falkland Islands

2019

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Sheep farms dominate the Falkland Islands landscape and have for over a century. The introduction of sheep, and several other species, has significantly transformed the ecology of this archipelago—the near elimination of tussac grass being one of the most notable changes. Tracing back to early accounts of tussac grass in the ‘Falklands’, this paper captures its discovery, exploitation and current stage of renewal, including a closer look at the connections between tussac and livestock farming, as well as parallel trends in other countries. We narrate changing relations between people and tussac grass using a combination of interview data, historical accounts and scientific literature. Tussac is presented as a historical bellwether of shifting trends in local farm and environmental management in this isolated archipelago. Shifts in land ownership, grazing management methods and conservation efforts are bringing momentum to a period of renewal across the Falklands. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.

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“…The biodiversity and natural environments encountered by Darwin and Wallace have been altered, and both habitats and species described in their journals have and are being impacted at a drastic rate. The yellow-bridled finch (Melanodera xanthogramma), noted by Darwin as "common" in the Falkland Islands, is now gone, and, as predicted by Darwin, the Falkland Islands fox or warrah (Dusicyon australis) went extinct in 1876 (Armstrong 1994). The Borneo forest harbors fewer Mias or orangutans, and it is unlikely that one would be allowed to collect specimens like Wallace describes (Wallace 1869).…”

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Evolutionary toxicology

Shugart¹,

Theodorakis

Bickham

2010

Molecular Approaches in Natural Resource Conservation and Management

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Recent advances in molecular genetics and genomics have been embraced by many scientists in natural resource conservation. Today, several major conservation and management journals are using the "genetics" editors of this book to deal solely with the influx of manuscripts that employ molecular data. The editors have attempted to synthesize some of the major uses of molecular markers in natural resource management in a book targeted not only at scientists but also at individuals actively making conservation and management decisions. To that end, the text features contributors who are major figures in molecular ecology and evolution-many having published books of their own. The aim is to direct and distill the thoughts of these outstanding scientists by compiling compelling case histories in molecular ecology as they apply to natural resource management.

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Human impact on the Falkland Islands environment

Abstract: Summary A historic analysis of human-initiated influences on the

Cited by 27 publications

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The Wild Kangaroo Industry: Developing the Potential for Sustainability

The Wild Kangaroo Industry: Developing the Potential for Sustainability

‘We secured the tussac’: Accounts of ecological discovery, exploitation and renewal in the Falkland Islands

Evolutionary toxicology

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