In September 2004 a major study to survey the terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates of the Falkland islands was launched, following a funding award by the UK Darwin Initiative and additional support from the Falkland Islands Government, the Natural History Museum in London and the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge.

Volunteers collecting invertebrates at Gypsy Cove, East Falkland as part of the first Falkland Islands Invertebrates Course. (Photo: A Jones)

The aims of the Project were to advance the knowledge of Falkland Islands’ invertebrates for their protection and long term survival, to raise local awareness of the Islands’ invertebrate biodiversity, and to establish reference collections, databases and local expertise. Reports on the Project’s activities are found in the Invertebrates Project Newsletters, Invertebrata Falklandica listed below.