Archive for the 'British Indian Ocean Territory' Category
Marine Sanctuaries Provide Economic Benefit-Study
PERTH’”Marine parks in Australia’s south-west could be worth $55 million a year in tourism and boost commercial fish stocks, says a landmark study released this week. Commissioned by the Conservation Council of Western Australia, the study titled …
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Man claiming torture believes British agent was present, court hears
A man allegedly sent for torture in Egypt via a British territory believes he was interrogated by a UK intelligence officer during his ordeal, the high court heard today. In a case with parallels to that of Binyam Mohamed, the court heard that …
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UK Poised to Designate World’s Largest Marine Reserve
The Chagos Archipelago and its surrounding waters comprise the British Indian Ocean Territory , an overseas territory of the U.K. Following a three-month public consultation, the U.K. government is now considering the designation of a Chagos …
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Letters: A mythical mandate
Michael McCarthy writes that the plan to make Chagos, the British Indian Ocean Territory, a marine protected area (MPA) would render the Chagossians’ return “impossible” (10 February). But the reality is that this is not an either/or situation.
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Chief scientist makes £500,000 from fishery firm ‘jeopardising …
… commercial fishing has emerged after Miliband published a consultation document last November proposing that the waters around the Chagos islands ‘” also known as British Indian Ocean Territory ‘” be made one of the world’s largest marine …
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Chile quake similar to 2004 Indian Ocean temblor
A tsunami triggered by the Chilean earthquake raced across the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, threatening Hawaii as it rushed toward the U.S. West Coast and hundreds of islands from the bottom of the planet to the top. Sirens blared in Hawaii to alert …
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Arab States Back UAE in Iranian Island Dispute
The Iranians] say historically this is part of their sovereign territory,” Dr Mehrdad Khonsari … Iran and Britain clashed over the islands until 1968, when British forces withdrew their troops from the Indian Ocean and Gulf region. In 1971 Iran …
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A question of trust !
American sailors and their British lessors probably get off more lightly when BBQuing? Now there is evidence that several ecological organizations are being roped in on the promise of, I would suppose, monitoring how pristine those waters are, i.
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A common front for an unconditional return
Let me reiterate that Mauritius does not recognize the so-called British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). Under the Mauritius Constitution, the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia, is under Mauritian sovereignty. Our Government has consistently …
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The Chagos archipelago ‘“ where conservation meets colonialism
Back in 1994, when Britain published the first biodiversity action plan for its surviving specks of empire, it literally removed the zone , known as the British Indian Ocean Territory, from the map. Now, rather than airbrushing out Chagos, the …
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