“Intention to go ahead with the MPA is in place” says Lord Howell
05.07.2010 by chagosadminThe Chagos Environment Network (CEN) welcomes the government’s clear support for the Chagos Protected Area following a Parliamentary Question raised in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 29th June 2010.
Responding to a question by Lord Montgomery of Alamein, Lord Howell of Guildford, Minister of State with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), answered positively regarding [...]
Conservation Scholarships for Chagos Islanders
11.06.2010 by chagosadminPress Release
LONDON – The Chagos Conservation Trust, Coral Cay Conservation and the Diego Garcian Society are delighted to announce the worthy winners of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity Coral Reef Scholarship Programme.
In July 2010, Pascaline Cotte and Louis Augustin, both 18 years of age and descendants of the Diego Garcian and Chagossian communities [...]
World’s Marine Scientists Call for Large-Scale “National Parks at Sea”
08.06.2010 by chagosadminScientific Statement Released for World Oceans Day
LONDON—More than 245 marine scientists from 35 countries, including the United Kingdom, are calling for the establishment of a worldwide system of very large, highly protected marine reserves as “an essential and long overdue contribution to improving stewardship of the global oceanic environment.”
While small marine reserves are known to [...]
U.K. Designates World’s Largest Marine Reserve
01.04.2010 by chagosadminPress Release
LONDON — Secretary of State David Miliband today designated the Chagos, a U.K. territory in the middle of the Indian Ocean, as a no-take marine reserve. This declaration will make it the largest marine protected area in the world, totaling more than 210,000 square miles (544,000 square kilometres), an area twice the size of [...]
Thousands Call on UK Government to Create World’s Largest Marine Reserve
08.03.2010 by chagosadminPress Release
More than 275,000 people and leading scientific and conservation organisations from the UK and around the world have called on the UK government to establish a protected area in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), which is comprised of the Chagos Islands and its surrounding waters.
If established, the Chagos Protected Area would be the [...]
