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	Falkland Islands - MSN Encarta
		Falkland Islands or Islas Malvinas, island group, British dependency, in the South Atlantic Ocean, east of the Strait of Magellan and northeast of the southern tip of South America.
		Geologically, the Falkland Islands are a part of Patagonia in Argentina, being connected with the mainland by a raised submarine plateau.
		The low-lying areas of the Falklands are composed of clay, slate, and soft sandstone, and the hills and ridges are formed of hard sandstone and white quartzite.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578569/Falkland_Islands.html (890 words)

	Falklands Islands - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The population of the Falkland Islands is almost entirely British (96%) The Islands have an ordinary resident population of around 2,120 people, 1,560 or so of whom live in Stanley with the remainder in the "Camp," (the countryside) in East and West Falklands.
		The Falkland Islands are a Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom, executive authority being vested in Her Majesty the Queen and exercised by the Governor on her behalf.
		Falkland Islands Government salaries are scaled by annual increments and additionally are subject to increase in line with the indices for retail prices, Rates paid by the other main employer, the Falkland Islands Company, are similar and generally other employer's rates approximate, with some flexibility.
	www.falklands-malvinas.com /falklands/fintro.htm (1459 words)

	Falkland Islands Government
		The economy of the Falklands Islands was traditionally based on agriculture.
		Falkland Islands Government salaries are scaled by annual increments and are also subject to increases in line with the Falkland Islands RPI.
		On 6 January 1997 the Falkland Islands Old Age Pensions Ordinance 1952 was replaced by the Falkland Islands Retirement Pensions Ordinance 1996.
	www.falklands.gov.fk /7.htm (851 words)

	Falkland Islands - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The islands are administered as a British crown colony with the capital at Stanley.
		The Falklands are rather bleak, rocky moorlands, swept by wind and drenched by chill rain.
		Near the Falklands, in one of the most stirring naval engagements of World War I, the British under Sir Frederick Sturdee destroyed (Dec. 8, 1914) a German squadron under Graf von Spee.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-falklandi1.html (505 words)

	Falkland Islands
		The Falkland Islands are in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, on the south-west extreme of the Patagonian shelf.
		Vernet's occupation of the Falkland Islands in 1830
		The Falkland Islands Tourist Board, a department of FIDC, has successfully consolidated its relationship with a number of specialist UK and European tour operators, and holidays in the Islands are now featured in several tour programmes.
	www.onlinelearning.net /instructors/smurr/LatAm/sam/fkldisl.html (4768 words)

	Official Falkland Islands portal, everything you need to know about the Falklands including a Falkland Islands ...
		The Falkland Islands are located in the South Atlantic approximately 300 miles east of the South American coast.
		The majority of the 2,379 people that live in the Falkland Islands (excluding an estimated 112 residents temporarily absent and 534 civilians based at Mount Pleasant military base) are of British descent.
		The economy of the Falkland Islands was traditionally based on revenue from sheep ranching.
	falklandislands.com /about_us/falkland_facts.asp?print (152 words)

	Falkland Islands travel guide - Wikitravel
		The Falkland Islands [1] are a group of about 200 sub-antarctic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean, off the east coast of southern South America.
		The economy of the Falklands was formerly based on agriculture (mainly sheep farming), but today fishing contributes the bulk of economic activity.
		Falkland Island Tours and Travel (Tel: 21775, fitt@horizon.co.fk) operates a shuttle bus that meets all flights and can take visitors to and from the capital for £13.00 per person (one-way).
	wikitravel.org /en/Falkland_Islands (2598 words)

	falkland islands map and map of he falkland islands and information page
		As the British presence in the Falklands was reduced in the late 1970s, the Argentina military saw an opportunity, and subsequently invaded the islands on April 2, 1982.
		The economy here was once based on the raising of sheep for wool, but as that market declined worldwide, offshore fishing and oil exploration are now the major factors in its economy, and both have helped improve the overall standard of living.
		Landforms The Falkland Islands, an archipelago comprised of two large islands and several hundred smaller ones, are ringed by a rugged coastline, and for the most part are hilly, rocky and covered with low shrubs and coarse grass.
	worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/samerica/fk.htm (1044 words)

	Economy of the Falkland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The islands also provided a base for whaling and sealing, with factories being built on East Falkland and South Georgia, but these industries ended, leaving the wool trade as the mainstay of the islands' economy.
		By the 1980s the economic viability of the islands was in doubt, but in the aftermath of the Falklands War there was a new commitment from the United Kingdom government and in mid-1984 the Falkland Islands Development Corporation was formed.
		By April 2002, the Guardian reported, the Falklands economy was booming, with income from tourism and the sale of squid fishing licences as well as from indigenous fishing companies with locally registered boats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economy_of_the_Falkland_Islands (772 words)

	Current management
		In the ten years ; Falkland Islands fisheries vessels have steamed approximately 825, 000 nautical miles (equivalent almost to two return voyages to the moon); Fishery observers have measured 1,197,664 squid at sea in order to gather data for input to stock assessments; and £245 million has been collected in licence revenue.
		The FOCZ was introduced on 26th December 1990, and extends beyond the FICZ to the north, east and south of the Falkland Islands to 200 miles, measured from coastal baselines.
		From the Falkland Island’s viewpoint the total level of effort directed at Illex including that on the high seas is too high.
	www.fis.com /falklandfish/fifdmana.htm (1489 words)

	Falkland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Falkland Islands, also called the Malvinas, are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located 300 miles (483 kilometres) from the coast of South America, 671 miles (1080 km) west of the Shag Rocks (South Georgia), and 584 miles (940 km) north of Antarctica (Elephant Island).
		Argentina has continued to claim sovereignty over the islands, and the dispute was used by the military junta dictatorship as a reason to invade and briefly occupy the islands before being defeated in the two-month-long undeclared Falklands War in 1982 by a United Kingdom task force which returned the islands to British control.
		Falkland Islands · Montserrat · Saint Helena · Tristan da Cunha · Turks and Caicos Islands · British Indian Ocean Territory · Pitcairn Islands · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Falkland_Islands (3462 words)

	History of Falkland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Falkland Islands were first seen by Davis in the year 1592 and Sir Richard Hawkins sailed along their north shore in 1594.
		Lafone's interest in Lafonia, as the peninsula came to be called, was purchased for 30,000 by the Falkland Islands Company, which had been incorporated by charter in the same year.
		The economy was formerly based on agriculture, mainly sheep farming, but today fishing contributes the bulk of economic activity.
	www.historyofnations.net /southamerica/falklandislands.html (641 words)

	Falkland Islands
		What we found was a group of fiercely British people, proud of their Islands and a suprisingly healthy economy thanks to some savvy fishing licences for squid around the islands.
		The lasting legacy of the Falklands war with Argentina in 1982 seems to be land mines infest many of the beaches and lands surrounding Stanley and strategic parts of the islands.
		Their island is a tranquil one with a large rookery or rockhopper penguins and fl browed alabatross about 20 minutes walk from the landing beach.
	www.cybamuse.com /antarctica/falklands.htm (369 words)

	Falkland Islands
		It is thought that Patagonian Indians may have reached the islands by canoe, but when the Europeans encountered the islands in the seventeenth century, they were uninhabited.
		The Falklands are governed as a colony of the United Kingdom.
		Falkland Islands Government on the World Wide Web, www.falklands.gov.fk.
	www.everyculture.com /Cr-Ga/Falkland-Islands.html (947 words)

	Falkland Islands - Economy - information
		After years when the economy was based on the wool trade, the application of a fishing zone in 1986 allowed the Falklands to enrich itself thanks to fishing licences accorded to Asian and European boats.
		For 150 years and up to the introduction of the fishing zone in 1986 the exporting of wool was the mainstay of the Falklands economy.
		Tourism represents an appreciable potential for the future of the island but its development is restricted by conflicts of interest and personal desires which are, in the long term, against the common good.
	www.mysterra.org /webmag/falkland-islands/economy.html (504 words)

	UK Overseas Territories Association - Falkland Islands
		In 1991 the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) purchased four large farms, owned by the Falkland Islands Company Limited.
		The Falkland Landholdings Corporation was established as a statutory organisation to run these farms, which equate to approximately 25% of the total farmland.
		The Islands average annual wool clip for the past decade is approximately 2,300 tonnes (greasy) with an average fibre diameter of 26 to 27 micron.
	www.ukota.org /agriculture_in_falkland_islands.asp (202 words)

	Falkland Islands: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		The islands passed among the French, Spanish, and British until 1820, when the Argentine government proclaimed its sovereignty.
		In 1833 a British force expelled the few remaining Argentine officials from the island without firing a shot, and in 1841 a British civilian lieutenant-governor was appointed for the Falklands.
		The Falkland Islands war ended ten weeks later with the surrender of the Argentine forces at Stanley to British troops, who had forcibly reoccupied the islands.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108112.html (339 words)

	ABC Country Book of Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) - economy Flag, Map, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural ...
		The economy was formerly based on agriculture, mainly sheep farming, which directly or indirectly employs most of the work force.
		The economy has diversified since 1987 when the government began selling fishing licenses to foreign trawlers operating within the Falklands exclusive fishing zone.
		Falkland pound (#F) per US$1 - 0.6350 (January 1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658 (1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991), 0.5604 (1990); note - the Falkland pound is at par with the British pound
	www.immigration-usa.com /wfb/falkland_islands_economy.html (292 words)

	Falkland Islands
		Nevertheless, the almost total dependence on fishing means the economy remains extremely vulnerable.
		It is, however, agreed that 106 of these are inhabited.) The first sighting of the islands by a westerner was in 1643, by Abel Tasman.
		has changed from a subsistence economy to one in which a high proportion of the work force is either employed by the military or supports the tourist industry.
	www.geocities.com /afgh_friends/f_countries.htm (2182 words)

	Economy of the Falkland Islands
		Economy - overview: The economy was formerly based on agriculture, mainly sheep farming, but today fishing contributes the bulk of economic activity.
		To encourage tourism, the Falkland Islands Development Corporation has built three lodges for visitors attracted by the abundant wildlife and trout fishing.
		Exchange rates: Falkland pound per US$1 - 0.6092 (January 2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997), 0.6403 (1996), 0.6335 (1995); note - the Falkland pound is at par with the British pound[?]
	www.fastload.org /ec/Economy_of_the_Falkland_Islands.html (319 words)

	DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE REQUESTS ARGENTINA, UNITED KINGDOM TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS ON FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)
		Also representing the Falkland Islands Government, John Birmingham said it was difficult to put across a new angle on the issue of sovereignty, as the position was unchanged – namely, the continued Argentine insistence that they owned the Falkland Islands. When the new Argentine Government took office two years ago, the elected councillors of the
		Far from gaining support for their point of view, the Argentine Government’s attitude was making countries and people look at the present Government as a “bullying administration” that did not understand the realities of the twenty-first century, he said.
		’s right of possession of the islands. The only way forward towards resolving the dispute was negotiations between the concerned parties, which must resume as soon as possible. Negotiations on sovereignty were not easy; they required much patience, imagination and faith. But, there was no other choice than for the two Governments to resume talks.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2005/gacol3122.doc.htm (4171 words)

	Falkland Islands dispute heats up \| csmonitor.com
		Treeless, remote, and blasted by the full fury of the South Atlantic, the Falkland Islands are home to less than 3,000 people, and thrilling only to those who love nature, big winds, and spectacular isolation.
		A recent decision to ban charter flights to the Falklands, for example, is estimated to be costing the islands' booming tourist industry up to $3 million a year.
		Yet, Congressman Argüello denies that Argentina's renewed interest in the Falklands is economically motivated, maintaining that the government's current policy merely reflects "the strong sensitivity" of public opinion toward the islands.
	www.csmonitor.com /2006/0808/p07s01-woam.html (1046 words)

	Falkland Islands
		Surveys have revealed oil deposits within a 200 mile oil exploration zone around the islands, but thus far this resource has not been exploited.
		Additional information can be found at the Falkland Islands Government site.
		There are no special medical requirements for visiting the Falklands.
	e-journey.net /Falkland_Islands (2579 words)

	NationMaster - Statistics on Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas). 219 facts and figures, stats and information on ...
		NationMaster - Statistics on Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas).
		FACTOID # 178: Nauru, whose economy is derived almost entirely from phosphate in bird droppings, has the highest rate of unemployment in the world.
		We were stranded over night on the Island, in Stanley.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/fk-falkland-islands-islas-malvinas (250 words)

	Beginner's Guide to Falkland Islands
		Falkland Islands - Overview and History: Food & Drink in the Falkands
		Falkland Islands - Activities and Attractions: Don't-Miss Attractions of the Falkland Islands
		Falkland Islands - Major Cities and Regions Overview
	beginnersguide.com /falkland-islands (369 words)

	South America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Destination: Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands Brief descriptions of attractions, history, culture, environment, related weblinks, and a slide show.
		CIA World FactBook: Falkland Islands A map of the Falkland Islands, and statistics about the geography, people, government, and economy of the Falkland Islands.
		Destination: Falkland Islands Brief descriptions of attractions, history, culture, environment, related weblinks, and a slide show.
	www.remc11.k12.mi.us /riverval/newtroy/samerica.htm (812 words)

	BUBL LINK: Falkland islands
		Basic reference information about the Falkland Islands, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
		Includes information on geography and climate, travel to and around the islands, and a guide to places to visit on the Islands.
		Aims to maintain and promote awareness of the Falklands War by providing a relevant news service, a time line of significant events leading up to, and during the conflict, and a remembrance page with biographical information pertaining to veterans and Falkland Islanders.
	bubl.ac.uk /link/f/falklandislands.htm (203 words)

	Falkland Islands, Map and Flag
		Falkland pounds per US dollar - 0.67 (2002), 0.69 (2001), 0.66 (2000), 0.62 (1999), 0.6 (1998); note - the Falkland pound is at par with the British pound
		note: the primary port is located in Stanley Harbour and known locally as FIPASS (Falkland Interim Port and Storage System); the facility consists of seven permanently moored barges providing 300 meters of berthing space; it was installed by the military after 1982 and handed over to the Falkland Islands Government in 1988
		British Forces Falkland Islands no regular indigenous military forces; (includes Army, Royal Air Force, and Royal Navy), Police Force
	www.greatestcities.com /South_America/Falkland_Islands.html (936 words)

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