Travel blog

Pitcairn Islands 2010

A description of a trip to the Pitcairn Island archipelago by UKOTCF's Mike and Ann Pienkowski in 2010. Read more Read more

Falklands, South Georgia, Antarctica 2011

A description of a trip to the Falklands, South Georgia, and Antarctica by UKOTCF's Mike and Ann Pienkowski in 2011. Read more Read more

Turks and Caicos 2014

Description of UKOTCF Executive Director, Catherine Wensink's, trip to the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2014. Read more Read more

Saint Helena 2015

A description of a three month working trip by UKOTCF volunteer Felix Driver to St Helena in 2015. Read more Read more

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Forum News 51 published

Forum News 50 (June 2019) has been published. This and earlier issues may be read or downloaded at Forum News.

Montserrat booklet for children about litter and marine impacts

A consortium of organisations concerned with marine conservation around Montserrat has published an illustrated book for children on the marine ecosystem dangers posed by litter. Message in a Bottle was launched by Environment Minister Claude Hogan on 14 October 2019. The article has a link to download the booklet. UKOTCF is pleased to have, at the request of the Government of Montserrat, facilitated several years ago the bringing together of partners to initiate the overall programme.

BAT Virtual Tour added

We are pleased to announce that a virtual tour for the British Antarctic Territory now joins the recently new ones for the Isle of Man, Cayman Islands, South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands, and the Cayman Islands and the others already available on the web-site. More follow. See the index and links here.

UKOT & CD Governments sign agreement on environmental co-operation.

Acknowledging that the natural environment has no boundaries, Ministers and other representatives from the UK family of small islands met during the Wilder Islands conservation conference hosted by Alderney, and agreed the Blue Island Charter. UKOTCF, as secretariat to the Environment Ministers Council, is pleased to have been able to facilitate progress, working particularly with HM Government of Gibraltar which initiated the process and the States of Alderney which hosted the signing.