Dedicated to the conservation, protection, and greater understanding of the Chagos Archipelago - a unique and precious environment in the Indian Ocean 🌊
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Our next online Members’ Talk will be on 30 November 7-8.30pm, featuring main speaker Dr Adam Sharp! 📢
An invertebrate ecology/conservation scientist, Adam has a research background in tropical rainforest biodiversity & mostly works on UKOT islands, inc. the #Chagos 🏝️
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Adam is our Expedition Team’s #invertebrate expert 🦋🐜🐛
Presented by #CCT Director @spgalea, the talk is entitled: ‘Hope for Invertebrate Recovery on Peros Banhos' 📣
Invitations to be sent soon - if you want to attend but aren’t a member, join here: chagos-trust.org/join/ 🧑🏼💻
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Watch ⬇️ about the @ukgovbluebelt’s 10th, & most ambitious scientific expedition to Anguilla, Turks & Caicos & Cayman Islands, which asks: In an age of rapid technological advancements, why do we still need to go out to sea for #marineresearch?
youtu.be/A65ROb2uYhY
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Yet more evidence that our key #rewilding project, ‘Healthy Islands, Healthy Reefs’ is so important - and urgent! 🏝️🐦🌊🪸🐠
Read more ⬇️
preventionweb.net/news/how-r…
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To celebrate its 40th anniversary, @UKOTCF has released 'The Nature of the UK Overseas Territories & Crown Dependencies' - a book feat. the #Chagos Archipelago 🏝️
Edited by #UKOTCF Chair Mike Pienkowski & Sara Oldfield, read more & order here ➡️ ukotcf.org.uk/nature-of-the-…📚
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🚨 SAVE THE DATE 🚨
For our next CCT members’ online talk on Monday 30 November 7-8.30pm 🗓️
We’re delighted to announce TWO speakers: The first is marine ornithologist and RSPB’s Nia Stephens, our CCT ‘Healthy Islands, Healthy Reefs’ expedition team’s bird expert 🐦⬛
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Presented by our Director @spgalea, Nia’s ‘Restoring #Chagos Birdlife’ talk will be followed by the main talk - TBA next week! 📣
Invitations/meeting link to be sent to members soon. If you’re not a member but would like to attend, join today: chagos-trust.org/support/joi… 💻
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Read this year's 'State of the World's Mangroves Report' ⬇️
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It states that #mangrove cover is expanding in many regions after long‑term net losses, & this recovery is attributed to improved conservation, restoration, & coordinated global action.
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🎥 Celebrating this week’s #BirdMigratoryDay, with some beautiful images and information about the birds of the #Chagos Archipelago 🐦⬛
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🚨New scientific paper worth reading! ⬇️
“A novel assessment tool to measure thermal variability on sea #turtle nesting beaches”, co-authored by one of our #CCT Trustees, Dr @EstebanNicole 🐢
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
To celebrate #WorldOctopusDay, watch this short film about the octopus mating season in the waters off the #Chagos Archipelago 🐙
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2EInyu…
Film by @slayerjon 🎥
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An interesting new field study found that two treatments of beneficial bacteria each protected reef corals from bleaching during a heat wave in the Red Sea 🪸
Read more ⬇️
news.mongabay.com/2026/10/pr…
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Some positive news! ⬇️🐠🪸
news.mongabay.com/2026/09/da…
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To mark #WorldCleanUpDay, our intern made this 🎥⬇️
How do activities done on this day help the #Chagos?
By removing litter from beaches, rivers & streets around the world it stops pollutants like plastic ending up in MPAs, which can threaten wildlife & natural habitats 🌍
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We’re delighted to welcome our new - third! - intern to the CCT team: Meet Elisha Gough 👋
A marine biology student, Elisha is taking ‘a year out in industry’ to intern for both us and @SwanseaUni’s Marine Conservation Ecology Lab 🌊
Read more ➡️ chagos-trust.org/news/cct-we…
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Also see MarCEL’s post on Instagram ➡️ instagram.com/p/Ddlp3xoCHH8/…
Welcome Elisha! We are looking forward to having you with us for the next academic year 👩🎓
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Watch this video which highlights evidence behind our ‘Healthy Islands, Healthy Reefs’ project 🏝️🪸
Led by Lancaster Uni’s Dr Laura-Li Jeannot, it reveals how nutrients carried by seabirds nourish coral reefs/what happens when invasive species wipe out seabird colonies 🐦
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Analysis/research tracks how seabird-derived nutrients move thro’ reef food webs, showing how healthy seabird colonies support larger/more abundant cryptobenthic fish with knock-on benefits for predator fish/fisheries 🐠
🎥 m.youtube.com/watch?v=kwd73d…
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[Animation: Mair Perkins]
“An updated indicator shows 77.5% of assessed endemic species in the UK Overseas Territories are threatened with extinction, highlighting the importance of continued #conservation action”, making the work we do at the #CCT more vital than ever 🏝️
To join us and help…
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… the Trust continue protecting, conserving, and educating the world about the unique environment of the archipelago and the precious wildlife that call it home, click on: chagos-trust.org/join/
Read more ⬇️
jncc.gov.uk/news/more-than-t…
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CCT team members attended the screening of @seashepherd film ‘Before the last Octopus’ 🎥
It exposes a crisis facing the Med: illegal #octopus traps that strip the seabed bare & follows those trying to fight them, from fishing communities to campaigners working to remove them 🐙
Octopuses are one of the most intelligent animals in the sea. But across parts of the Med, illegal/unregulated fishing is threatening their survival while damaging the wider marine ecosystems & coastal communities that depend on healthy seas 🌊
Trailer ⬇️
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GUYpAG…
🎥 Grab a cuppa and watch Jon Slayer’s #Chagos islands ‘icons’ video, and enjoy the beauty of the precious and unique wildlife that calls this important archipelago and its waters home 🏝️
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=K0BbKB…
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We can’t believe it’s only 6 months till our next AGM-Speaker Event on 11.03.27 @LinneanSociety 🎤
Talks will inc. research updates on #Chagos reef sharks, cetaceans, & our key #rewilding project 🦈🐬
More soon. Till then, enjoy a video from the 2026 event 🎥⬇️
The #CCT team are still reeling from the success of last month’s events! 😀
So our Youth Amb. Martina made this awesome summary video of our Trustee meetings, members’ tour, AGM & Speaker Event in London 🎥
If you missed it, watch the Speaker Event here ➡️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=js1fqS…
If you missed our last Speaker Event - held at the @LinneanSociety, presented by #CCT director @spgalea, feat. talks about our recent expedition & #Chagos research updates from @OfficialZSL, Kew, @PlymUni & @SwanseaUni scientists - you can watch it here ⬇️
m.youtube.com/watch?ra=m&fbc…