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Category Archives: Environment
More action planned on illegal fishing – minister
The UK government is planning to step up efforts to investigate illegal fishing around St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, it has been revealed. The House of Lords heard that short term patrols and satellite monitoring are already used … Continue reading
Bride Wendy has her flower on her cake – and eats it
The St Helena ebony, rescued from extinction by Charlie Benjamin, has found a place in UK national ceremonial – and on his daughter’s wedding cake. Simon Pipe of St Helena Online was honoured to give a speech telling Charlie’s story. Wendy Benjamin … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Heritage
Tagged botany, endemics, Kew Gardens, St Helena ebony, UK Overseas Territories
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Elected members get tough on tossers (of litter…)
The Honourable NIGEL DOLLERY is no mere tosser of throw-away insults when it comes to litter. He used plain English to give his response after legislative councillors voted to review St Helena’s anti-littering laws, and enforce them. These were the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Government/Politics
Tagged LegCo, Legislative Council, litter, Nigel Dollery, Saint Helena, St Helena, tossers
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More tea plants, anyone? ‘Lost’ endemics found near airport site
A forgotten strand of St Helena’s unique tea plant has been rediscovered below Longwood, it has been reported. The bushes found in Fisher’s Valley are much larger than any other known specimens on the island, some reaching 1.5 metres in height. It … Continue reading
Posted in Airport, Environment
Tagged airport, endemics, Red List, Saint Helena, St Helena, tea plant
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Sea power brings hope of turtles hatching on St Helena
The waves that pound against Sandy Bay Beach may have made it possible for green turtle eggs to hatch naturally on St Helena for the first time in decades. A nest has been discovered where the sea has washed away … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, wildlife
Tagged conservation, green turtles, Saint Helena, Sandy Bay, St Helena
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Green turtles ‘attempting to nest on St Helena’
Green turtles have been attempting to nest on St Helena, the island’s marine conservation section has reported. Part of Sandy Bay Beach is to be closed off while the conservation team finds out the state of the nests discovered. A … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, wildlife
Tagged green turtles, marine conservation, Saint Helena, Sandy Bay, St Helena
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Net saving? Ascension no-fishing zone could cost £3m – or not
Creating one of the world’s biggest marine protection zones around Ascension Island could cost the UK about £3 million a year – at a Conservative estimate. The conservationist estimate, on the other hand, is only £400,000 a year. Click the … Continue reading
£180,000 raised in battle to save rare species
An appeal for money to save threatened species in UK overseas territories – including St Helena’s spiky yellow woodlouse – has raised three quarters of its £240,000 target. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds urges would-be donors to … Continue reading
Posted in Ascension, Environment
Tagged Ascension Island, endemics, extinction, giant earwig, RSPB, Saint Helena, spiky yellow woodlouse, St Helena, Tristan albatross
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Lost chance to save the giant earwig: they got there too soon
If only things had been different back in the 1960s, Dave Clarke of London Zoo might now know what it was like to have a three-inch-long earwig wriggling in his hands. But they weren’t, and half a century on, the … Continue reading
Oh no, earwig go…
Takeshi Yamada, a collector of strange creatures, is the proud owner of what appears to be a St Helena giant earwig – a specimen made more valuable by last week’s news that the species is likely to be officially declared … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, News
Tagged Bugs on the Brink, Dr Roger Key, extinct, giant earwig, invertebrates, Saint Helena, St Helena
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