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BIOT Corals Stamp Issue 05.09.17
…te such threats. Many of the human impacts occurring in other parts of the world are absent in BIOT, therefore scientists working in the Territory are able to more easily understand why and how coral reefs react to such impacts. This is vital because knowing how coral reefs recover in a place that does not suffer the multiple anthropogenic stresses that most other reef systems endure, means BIOT can be used as a global reference site for other cor…
BIOT WRNS 100 Stamp Issue 28.11.17
…s) was the women’s branch of the Royal Navy. Before the start of the First World War, the Suffragette movement had been lobbying the government for greater powers for women, but it was only as the war progressed that the role of women changed. By 1917 the Royal Navy was faced with a deteriorating manpower situation and so the WRNS was formed; every woman was a volunteer. It was disbanded in 1919, then revived in 1939 at the beginning of the Second…
Conservation Management Plan 2018 – 2023
…around future opportunities for conservation management in BIOT, including new technologies and research opportunities. The Management Plan, which will replace the existing Interim Conservation Management Framework, will be published in autumn 2018. Protecting the incredible biodiversity and ecological integrity of BIOT is of the utmost importance. By utilising BIOT’s advantage of being geographically isolated and the benefits afforded by its no-t…
Bertarelli Foundation BIOT Marine Science Symposium
…an with a recorded message from HRH The Prince of Wales, highlighting the crucial work of science if we are to save our oceans from the stress and damage they are under. The day proceeded with a many leading scientists speaking on their research areas and showing all the work being undertaken in BIOT. Topics included enforcement, monitoring, climate change, bio-logging and the UK’s Blue Belt programme. A full list of speakers and their lecture top…
Marine Protected Area
…’s unique reefs and coral atolls, which include the Great Chagos Bank, the world’s largest coral atoll, are in exceptionally good condition. Coral disease is very low and no marine invasives have been recorded in BIOT waters. Such excellent coral health helped corals in BIOT to recover much more rapidly than corals in the surrounding Indian Ocean, after a widespread ocean warming event in 1998 caused up to 90% coral mortality across the region. Fu…
6th Darwin Plus Grant Round Open
…f rare and threatened species, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. It is estimated that the OTs contain an estimated 90% of the biodiversity found within the UK and the Territories combined. A key priority for Darwin Plus is that it should help deliver the UK Governments commitment to create a Blue Belt of marine protection around the OTs. This includes: Improving marine conservation, protection or management, including developing i…
BIOT Plants Stamp Issue 02.05.18
…brought in from the sea and from bird droppings. This soil then supported new seeds and spores, which also arrived by wind, sea and from seabirds. Tropical temperatures and consistent rainfall year-round has enabled the few plants that reached these islands to flourish, forming dense forests, with tall hardwood trees in many areas. Even so, the overall diversity of native plants is low. Further to this, from the end of the 18th century, BIOT was…