Bank Ganges Bank Wight / Egmont Islands Cauvin Bank 7°S / Bank Diego Garcia Centurion Bank 71° / Banhos Atoll Salomon Islands Victory Bank Nelson / Chagos Conservation Trust / /
Country
Maldives / Mauritius / France / United States / British Indian Ocean Territory / United Kingdom / Seychelles / /
Currency
USD / / /
Event
Environmental Issue / Person Communication and Meetings / Product Issues / /
Facility
University of Warwick / /
IndustryTerm
Online Figure / rival palm oil crop / large site / insurance policy / reference site / Online While / coconut oil / food / /
NaturalFeature
Chagos Archipelago / Arabian Bay / Chagos islands / Danger Island Ocean / Bank Colvocoresses Reef / Pacific Ocean / Chagos reefs / Island Eagle Island / Indian Ocean islands / Indian Ocean / Chagos reef / /
Organization
Congress / IUCN / US Federal Reserve / Indian Ocean Tuna Commission / UK government / British Indian Ocean Territory government / University of Warwick / OT government / /
Person
Charles Sheppard / Diego Garcia / Diego Garcia Figure / /
Position
conservationist / model for management / km Speaker / Professor of Biological Sciences / environmental advisor for BIOT / /
The Chagos Archipelago lies in the middle of the Indian Ocean (Figure 1). Its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of over half a million km2 encompasses about 60 000 km2 of shallow coral reefs, and in April 2010 these wate