Publications
Fortress, safe haven or home? The Chagos MPA in political context
- 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? (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Authors
- Harris Peter .
- Year
- 1
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.01.002
- ISBN-13
- 0
- Keywords
- Chagos Archipelago, Diego Garcia, Marine protected areas, British Indian Ocean Territory, Human rights, Chagossians
- Link
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X14000049