[Coral-List] Chagos MPA
Pete Raines
psr at coralcay.org
Sun Oct 3 23:54:17 EDT 2010
Dear Listers,
I've been lucky enough to visit the Chagos Marine Protected Area earlier
this year; as Operations Manager for the Expedition Leader, Prof Charles
Sheppard and his team comprising many of the worlds top scientists. I've
seen at first hand those stunning yet low-lying islands, dived those
"near-pristine" reefs and experienced the tremendous practical
difficulties of survival on those very remote islands.
I've also been very blessed to work with and help support one of the
most dynamic, focussed, proactive, practical, rational and
forward-thinking of the majority Chagossian communities: The Diego
Garcian Society, led by Dr Allen Vincatassin
(http://www.coralcay.org/content/view/953/281/).
An awful lot of misinformation, untruths and to be frank, utter ignorant
nonsense, has been said about the Chagos and its now vitally important
Marine Protected Area status. All I or anyone can ask is this: Seek and
read only the true facts, and don't listen to or be swayed by all the
nonsense and waffle. Try as a core source the Chagos Conservation Trust
website and also that of Ted Morris. Don't listen to tired, boring and
grumpy old men (like me?), grinding out their same turgid, biased opinions.
All the best,
Pete Raines
CEO, Coral Cay Conservation
www.coralcay.org
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