Fortress, safe haven or home? The Chagos MPA in political context

Peter Harris

Marine Policy, 2014, vol. 46, issue C, 19-21

Abstract: The marine protected area (MPA) in the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) is one of the most vaunted of its kind. Yet this supposed environmental safe haven is a contested site, not least of all by its exiled indigenous inhabitants. In 2013, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced a study into the feasibility of resettling the Chagos Archipelago. This comment examines the announcement by placing the Chagos MPA in political context: what does renewed inquiry into the feasibility of resettling the Chagos Islands mean for the future of the territory and for the recently designated MPA in particular?

Keywords: Chagos Archipelago; Diego Garcia; Marine protected areas; British Indian Ocean Territory; Human rights; Chagossians (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.01.002

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