A collection of photographs taken over nearly a decade have been compiled by Prof Charles Sheppard for the environmental department in Diego Garcia. These have been assembled in a document to illustrate some of the changes that have occured over that time. These mostly relate to Diego Garcia, with a few of northern atolls, and are culled from many such photographs. The report includes some unusual photographs of juvenile sharks swimming over terrestrial grass.
2 May, 2012, London, UK - Selfridges today celebrated the first anniversary of Project Ocean at an event with leading members of the conservation community including committed celebrities, foodies, scientists, socialites and activists. The highlight of the evening was a call to action from the Marine Reserves Coalition to the UK Government to commit to the establishment of an effectively managed network of marine reserves covering at least 30% of representative habitats in UK seas (at home and in the UK Overseas Territories).
Following an FCO grant awarded to the Chagos Conservation Trust in March, plans are now underway for an envi
ronmental outreach programme aimed at Chagossian communities in the UK.
For the first time since Chagos became a no-take marine protected area, a scientific expedition of 12 scientists visited the archipelago. We collected data to inform management, and conducted projects to help determine how reef systems function, in a way which now cannot be done in most over-exploited areas of this tropical ocean.
We are delighted to report that on Tuesday, Defra announced that an application for funding for the Chagos marine reserve was one of 33 successful projects to receive funding from the Darwin Initiative.
£27,096 (inclusive of benefits)
ZSL Conservation Programmes is looking for an Outreach Officer based at ZSL offices, Regent’s Park who will create, deliver and evaluate a range of activities and training sessions over a one year period. The activities will focus on marine/terrestrial ecosystem management, island restoration and marine conservation, with particular reference to the Chagos archipelago. The programme will be implemented with a range of partner NGOs, notably the Chagos Conservation Trust, RSPB and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
The Chagos 2012 scientific expedition is now underway. To read more about the expedition check out our project blog.
On the 23rd August, ZSL hosted a group of 70 Chagossians from Crawley for a family picnic and day out at ZSL London Zoo. The day started with a short introductory talk on ZSL’s marine conservation projects by Dr Heather Koldewey, Head of Global Conservation Programmes...
