CCT crew return after successful expedition to the Chagos
We are delighted to report our ‘Healthy Islands, Healthy Reefs’ expedition team are all back safe and sound after a month in the Chagos Archipelago carrying out Phase I of our Darwin-funded rewilding project.
1st January 2026
We are delighted to report our ‘Healthy Islands, Healthy Reefs’ expedition team are all back safe and sound after a month in the Chagos Archipelago carrying out Phase I of our Darwin-funded rewilding project (photos by Peter Leatt and Khan Adam).
A report of work done will be published in the next issue of Chagos News, and presented by programme and expedition lead Pete Haverson at the 2026 CCT Speaker Event. With thanks to the Biodiversity Challenge Funds, the British Indian Ocean Territory Administration, and all our partners.
In the latest issue of Chagos News
The opening article examines the first sighting of the sliteye shark in the waters of the Great Chagos Bank, written by Charlotte Oulton and Drs Holly Stokes, Kimberley Stokes, and Chagos Conservation Trust (CCT) Trustee Nicole Esteban from Swansea University’s Marine Conservation Ecology Lab.
CCT returns to the Linnean Society for 2026 AGM and Speaker Event
Under the watchful eyes of Charles Darwin’s painting, Director Sarah Puntan-Galea presented the annual Chagos Conservation Trust Speaker Event to a packed hall at the Linnean Society of London on 14 May 2026.
We were delighted to launch our new website at our recent Annual General Meeting, where our members were given a live walk-through by Filip Hnizdo from Octophin Digital who assisted our Director, Sarah Puntan-Galea, in the creation of the new site.