Editing History of the Falkland Islands (section)

===Conservation===
In line with increasing global interest in [[Environmentalism|environmental issues]], some nature reserves have been established around the islands, although there are no national parks. In 1990, the Clifton family who owned [[Sea Lion Island]] sold it to the Falkland Island Development Company. They had planted 60,000 stands of [[tussac grass]],<ref name="Wigglesworth" /> considered important because on the main islands much tussac has been depredated by grazing. A similar trend may be seen on [[Bleaker Island]], where the farm "went organic" in 1999.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} Also in the 1990s, Steeple Jason Island and [[Grand Jason Island]] were bought by [[New York City|New York]] philanthropist [[Michael Steinhardt]], who later donated them to the [[Bronx Zoo]]-based [[Wildlife Conservation Society]]. He also gave them [[US dollar|US$]]425,000 to build a conservation station named after himself and his wife Judy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/annualreportofwi1999wild/annualreportofwi1999wild_djvu.txt|title=Full text of "Annual report of the Wildlife Conservation Society"|via=Internet Archive|year=1999|access-date=2017-01-26}}</ref>