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 E-Mail IMAGE: Coral Reefs in the Chagos Archipelago had more fish per square meter than reefs in any country surveyed on the Global Reef Expedition the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition. view more  Credit: © Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation/Ken Marks In the middle of the Indian Ocean lies some of the last coral reef wilderness on Earth. The Chagos Archipelago, a collection of atolls, including Earth s largest - the Great Chagos Bank- is home to reefs that have been largely undisturbed by humans for the last 50 years. Some estimates indicate the Chagos Archipelago may contain more than half of the healthy coral reefs remaining in the entire Indian Ocean. These reefs are protected both by their remote location, and in one of the world s largest no-take marine reserves the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) marine protected area.

Chagos archipelagoBritish indian ocean territory generalBritish indian ocean territoryAlexandra dempseyIndian oceanChagos bankSam purkisKhaled bin sultan living oceans foundationDepartment of marine geosciencesUniversity of miami rosenstiel school marineFoundation global reef expeditionGreat chagosSultan living oceans foundationGlobal reef expeditionScience managementChagos archipelago final report