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Catlin Seaview Survey and Google Street View
…ion 360-degree panoramic vision in response to the dramatic decline of the world’s reefs due to pollution, destructive fishing and climate change. http://catlinseaviewsurvey.com/surveys/indian-ocean/chagos A Google Trekker unit accompanied the Catlin Seaview Survey team to the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Trekker goes where Google’s StreetView cars can’t go and is responsible for capturing some of the most unique imagery in all of StreetVie…
How to apply for a mooring permit
…e read the guidance please complete the BIOT Outer Islands Permit Request (Word document) form. You will also need to complete a COVID 19 Declaration for Visiting Vessels (Word document). Send the following to BIOTAdmin@fco.gov.uk: The completed permit request form A signed COVID-19 declaration A copy of your insurance documents covering medical evacuation (minimum US$100,000 per person) and wreck recovery, clean up and removal in BIOT. Please hig…
Rats and Reefs
…586-018-0202-3 And see the BBC article highlighting the issue: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44799420 The BIOT Administration welcomes the wide publicisation of this study, particularly as it is the International Year of the Reef. Rat eradication is a priority for the BIOT Administration and will form a significant part of the new Conservation Management Plan, which will be published in the autumn this year. BIOTA is working close…
Tackling Plastic Pollution
…each clean-ups. We hope that you will join in with us in reducing your plastic footprint too. Useful links: How much plastic is in the ocean? https://youtu.be/YFZS3Vh4lfI Seven charts that explain the plastic problem: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42264788 Tips on how to reduce your plastic consumption: https://www.countryfile.com/how-to/how-to-reduce-your-use-of-plastics/ Reducing plastics in our oceans: https://friendsoftheearth…
BIOT Children’s Stamp Competition Issue 04.09.18
…rs: Kyle Irvine, age 6, from Aberdeenshire Megan Lee Yit May, age 9, from Brunei Darussalam Laura Gilbert, age 12, from Norfolk Ailis Law, age 14, from Greater Manchester You can buy these stamps and their First Day Covers online from the BIOT Post Office, or from the Stanley Gibbons stamp shop on the Strand in London: http://www.biotpostoffice.com/index.asp Reefs in the British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a…
Design a Stamp Competition for Children
…Great Chagos Bank (which is mainly underwater) and is the largest atoll structure in the world at some 13,000 km2. Reef fish are six times more abundant in BIOT than on any other reef in the Indian Ocean. Analyses of pollution levels (1996 and 2006) show BIOT belongs ‘to one of the world’s least contaminated coastal areas’ and ‘could be considered appropriate as a global reference baseline’. After bleaching in 1998 caused up to 90% mortality of I…
Remembrance Day 2019
…oughts for those who had served on or were connected to BIOT.” BIOT in the World Wars Due to the lack of radio communication links with Britain, it took months for the small garrison in Diego Garcia to receive notification that the First World War had commenced. They were certainly unaware of it when, on the 5th of October 1914, the German raider ship SMS Emden pulled in to the island. The ship remained there for a week for repairs and to restock…
BIOT WWI Centenary Stamp Issue 11.11.18
…ged the nature of warfare and brought medical advances. But its impacts on cultural habits – the popularisation of wrist watches, and the first pilotless drone, and on technology – the creation of synthetic rubber, and ultrasound devices – can still be felt all in everyday life all over the world, even when their origins have been long forgotten. Article written by Tara Finn, FCO Historian. …
Invasive Non-Native Species Secretariat visit to BIOT
…ydrology (CEH), and look forward to working together again in the future. Full blog article about the CEH’s visit to BIOT can be found here: https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/blogs/predicting-invasive-non-native-species-arrivals-british-indian-ocean-territory…