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.

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