Applying "All Reasonable Effort" in the Falkland Islands Mine Clearance Programme: Encouraging Efficient, Confident, and Timely Evidence-Based Land Release Decision Making

Authors

David Hewitson, Fenix Insight LtdFollow
Guy Marot, Fenix Insight Ltd.Follow

Abstract

The Falkland Islands Mine Clearance Programme (FI MCP) ran from 2009 to 2020, through five operational phases, some lasting only a few months, some extending across several years. A core objective was to release land as efficiently as possible, only applying technical assets to those specific areas of land that justified such attention. This article describes the approach that was adopted to determine whether all reasonable effort (ARE) had been applied to each task in such a way that current (and future) stakeholders would have confidence in that decision so as to manage the fear of mines being missed.

Recommended Citation

Hewitson, David and Marot, Guy (2021) "Applying "All Reasonable Effort" in the Falkland Islands Mine Clearance Programme: Encouraging Efficient, Confident, and Timely Evidence-Based Land Release Decision Making," The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction: Vol. 25 : Iss. 1 , Article 6.
Available at: https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol25/iss1/6