25 Nov 2025

Photo by Simon Spring   Following decades of sovereignty disputes and forced displacement, the government of Mauritius has announced plans to maintain a ban on commercial fishing across an area of the Indian Ocean larger than France, whilst establishing a groundbreaking marine protected area that explicitly incorporates cultural considerations and traditional fishing practices. The Chagos Archipelago Marine […]

21 Nov 2023

Seabirds roam far and wide in the Indian Ocean – so they need ocean-wide protection, new research shows. All other oceans are known to contain “hotspots” where predators including seabirds feast on prey.   (Photo Antoine Boissonot)   But the new study – by a team including Exeter, Heriot-Watt and Réunion universities, and ZSL – found no […]