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Sliteye Shark Recorded in BIOT for First Time
Over the past year the BIOT Administration has been working with Swansea University on a project to study the extent and importance of seagrass meadows on the Great Chagos Bank. The project has used Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS), supplied by the University and deployed by the BIOT Senior …
CSA’s Report on Coral Bleaching
A new report has just been released by our Chief Science Advisor and the environment team at BIOT describing the coral bleaching event that took place in 2024 and the impacts this had on coral reefs across the Archipelago. Coral bleaching is a stress response driven by unusually hot water …
New Website for Historical Chagossian Records
The BIOT Administration is excited to announce the launch of a new website designed to provide public access to historical Chagossian records. The records were made between 1878 and 1971 by those involved in the administration of the Chagos Archipelago. They were retained by the BIOT Administration following the creation …
Tackling Plastic Pollution
Plastic: We have all seen shocking images like that of a diver in Bali swimming in an ocean of plastic or those of animals being entangled by plastic waste. But just how much of a problem is plastic globally? Plastic is cheap, strong, durable and mouldable but such qualities bring …
