CHAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST
The British Government, through the BIOT (British Indian Ocean Territories) Administration, is committed to conserving the environment of the area. Clearly however, there needs to be a means of engaging non governmental interest in this remarkable treasure chest of maritime nature.
This is the gap the Chagos Conservation Trust exists to fill. The association aims, for example by promoting scientific expeditions (a large scientific expedition in 1996, lesser each year since with a further large expedition planned for 2006), to monitor the status of the marine and terrestrial environment; it provides a channel for bringing relevant environmental problems to the Government's attention; it establishes links with other groups concerned with reef ecology, particularly in relation to the Indian Ocean; it encourages research into the history of the Chagos Archipelago; and seeks to educate and to make available the results of its work to a wider audience.