Current issues overfishing by unlicensed vessels is a problem; reindeer were introduced to the islands in 2001 for commercial reasons; this is the only commercial reindeer herd in the world unaffected by the 1986 Chornobyl disaster
SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publicationALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), falkland islands, falkland islands (malvinas), Falkland Islands