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Catlin Seaview Survey and Google Street View
…ion 360-degree panoramic vision in response to the dramatic decline of the world’s reefs due to pollution, destructive fishing and climate change. http://catlinseaviewsurvey.com/surveys/indian-ocean/chagos A Google Trekker unit accompanied the Catlin Seaview Survey team to the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Trekker goes where Google’s StreetView cars can’t go and is responsible for capturing some of the most unique imagery in all of StreetVie…
Rats and Reefs
…586-018-0202-3 And see the BBC article highlighting the issue: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44799420 The BIOT Administration welcomes the wide publicisation of this study, particularly as it is the International Year of the Reef. Rat eradication is a priority for the BIOT Administration and will form a significant part of the new Conservation Management Plan, which will be published in the autumn this year. BIOTA is working close…
Tackling Plastic Pollution
…each clean-ups. We hope that you will join in with us in reducing your plastic footprint too. Useful links: How much plastic is in the ocean? https://youtu.be/YFZS3Vh4lfI Seven charts that explain the plastic problem: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42264788 Tips on how to reduce your plastic consumption: https://www.countryfile.com/how-to/how-to-reduce-your-use-of-plastics/ Reducing plastics in our oceans: https://friendsoftheearth…
Design a Stamp Competition for Children
…Great Chagos Bank (which is mainly underwater) and is the largest atoll structure in the world at some 13,000 km2. Reef fish are six times more abundant in BIOT than on any other reef in the Indian Ocean. Analyses of pollution levels (1996 and 2006) show BIOT belongs ‘to one of the world’s least contaminated coastal areas’ and ‘could be considered appropriate as a global reference baseline’. After bleaching in 1998 caused up to 90% mortality of I…
BIOT WRNS 100 Stamp Issue 28.11.17
…was disbanded in 1919, then revived in 1939 at the beginning of the Second World War, remaining active until integrated into the Royal Navy in 1993. Roles that women in the WRNS undertook included cooks, clerks, wireless telegraphists, radar plotters, weapons analysts, range assessors, electricians and air mechanics. Today women can serve in the Royal Navy in any role, including the Submarine Service. Following the Government’s recent announcement…
BIOT Children’s Stamp Competition Issue 04.09.18
…rs: Kyle Irvine, age 6, from Aberdeenshire Megan Lee Yit May, age 9, from Brunei Darussalam Laura Gilbert, age 12, from Norfolk Ailis Law, age 14, from Greater Manchester You can buy these stamps and their First Day Covers online from the BIOT Post Office, or from the Stanley Gibbons stamp shop on the Strand in London: http://www.biotpostoffice.com/index.asp Reefs in the British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a…
Remembrance Day 2019
…of the armistice which ended the First World War, on the same day in 1918. Today the United Kingdom, Commonwealth nations and our partners around the world will honour the sacrifices of those who gave their lives in that terrible war and other conflicts since. As part of these commemorations Cdr. Kay Burbidge RN, Commissioner’s Representative and Commander British Forces in BIOT, has laid a wreath at the small War Graves cemetery on Diego Garcia b…
BIOT Joins Pioneering Underwater Camera Network
…e the data collected from 66 non-intrusive stereo-Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS), which will be deployed in open and coastal habitats. Together these BRUVS will form the Global Ocean Wildlife Analysis Network, which will provide information on ocean biodiversity and ecosystems found in the vast maritime and coastal areas of the UKOTs. BRUVS will enable researchers to see below the surface and provide a benchmark of scientific under…
BIOT Megafauna Stamp Issue 08.06.17
…Australia. This image is a frame from a mid-water Baited Remote Underwater Video System (BRUVS) recording. These systems are designed to record fish and sharks living in the pelagic (mid-water) realm and the ‘microphone’ (pictured) is a bait container, which contains sardines to attract predators. The BRUVS allows scientists to track the status and potential recovery of these species (such as the whale shark) within the BIOT Marine Protected Area…