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Reefs and islands of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean: why it is the world's largest no-take marine protected area

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The Chagos Archipelago was designated a no-take marine protected area (MPA) in 2010; it covers 550 000 km2, with more than 60 000 km2 shallow limestone platform and reefs. This has doubled the global cover of such MPAs.It contains 25-50% of the Indian Ocean re... ...