📸 Some more photos of Team GOSH #CV27 from last weekend’s final boat prep and team photoshoot, the pre-race start parade, and actual start of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race ⛵️ Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity 🩵

Tomorrow is the Int. Day of Charity - a day to celebrate the incredible work charities do 👏 As a charity, we wanted to mark this day by sharing info. about #CCT 🎥⬇️ youtu.be/vzcpeiQfVNQ?fe… Our strategic plan ⬇️ chagos-trust.org/about/vision-a… Join/donate here ⬇️ chagos-trust.org/support/donate

Great to be back at my previous place of work (and home!), the Ditchley Foundation, for the Annual Lecture given this year by the UK’s compelling Ambassador to the US, the Rt Hon. Lord Peter Mandelson 🎤🇬🇧🇺🇸 Watch it ⬇️ youtu.be/aqZ2wRHYwxA?fe… Read it ⬇️ ditchley.com/news/rt-hon-lo…

Ghana has adopted a fisheries act inc. regulations aimed at restoring depleted pelagic fish stocks, tackling illegal, unreported & unregulated fishing 🇬🇭 It will ensure sustainability, compliance & improved livelihoods of small-scale fishers 🎣 ⬇️ news.mongabay.com/2025/08/ghana-… #CCT🐢

🐢 Would you like to be a CCT Trustee? We’re still looking for our next Membership Secretary to take our global members’ plans forward 🌍 It’s a rewarding voluntary role/exciting time to join our Board, so if you’re the right person for the role email [email protected] ✍️

Pigeons Are Misunderstood Geniuses. Most people don't realize just how incredible Pigeons truly are. These gentle birds aren’t just loyal partners—they're brilliant, complex beings. Tucked inside their beaks are tiny magnetic crystals that act like a natural GPS, helping them

🚨 Fascinating paper on ‘Low growth rates at high population densities in sea #turtles’ written after 29 yrs research in the #Chagos Archipelago 🐢 Authors inc. #CCT Trustee Dr Nicole Esteban, Associate Professor/head of Swansea University’s #MarCEL team ✍️ ⬇️ link.springer.com/article/10.100…

The UK Government will introduce Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction legislation to help protect two-thirds of the world’s ocean 🌊 Read more ⬇️ gov.uk/government/new… #CCT🐢

The United Nations High Seas Treaty has been ratified by 60 countries & will enter into force in January 👏 A result of years of tireless diplomacy, advocacy & collective determination, it will provide a legal framework to protect marine biodiversity 🌊🌍 ⬇️ news.un.org/en/story/2025/…. #CCT🐢

“The #Chagos Islands’ ‘pristine ocean’ must be protected”, chairperson of the UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee said. “The islands are a crucial resting point for wildlife”. Read more ⬇️ independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n… #CCT🐢

📖 To celebrate this month's World #MantaRay Day, we are sharing the 2024 Chagos News cover story - by the Manta Trust's Dr Joanna Harris - about the important #Chagos Manta Ray Project. Look out for a project update in 2026's issue! 👀 #CCT 🐢

Delighted to be presenting our next online talk for our valued members 👩🏼‍💻⬇️ Friend to the Trust and expert in the field, Dr Colin Clubbe, will offer a fascinating insight into what grows on the 55 Chagos islands - both native and invasive! 🌴🌺 Join #CCT today to attend 🙏

A ‘habitat’ is “a natural home/environment of an animal, plant, organism” 🏝️ To mark the United Nations’s World Habitat Day we listed the imp. of the #Chagos habitat ⬇️ It’s a #biodiversity hotspot/safe refuge for vulnerable species eg turtles, supporting migratory species, eg tuna 🐟 Contd

Every October we celebrate #WorldOctopusDay to highlight the intelligence & adaptability of octopuses 🐙 One of most fascinating-intelligent ocean creatures, watch footage of ‘#octopus season’ in the waters surrounding the #Chagos ⬇️ 🎥 Jon Slayer: youtu.be/2EInyu63Pd4?si… #CCT🐢

Sharing some wonderful #conservation news for the weekend: The green turtle - the star of our #CCT logo - has been rescued from the brink of extinction 🙌🐢💚 Read more ⬇️ www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co…

Marine conservationists & biologists, ocean advocates & campaigners, plus sailors, surfers, boarders, divers, all got together at Swansea University this evening for the Ocean Film Festival World Tour - every film was inspirational 🎥 Great that Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a sponsor! 🌊🤿🏄🐋⛵️🐢🩵

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE: Thursday 30 October, 7.30pm - 9pm 🕘 Our next online Members' Talk, 'Plants of the #Chagos', will feature a presentation by our Trustee and Scientific Advisor Dr Colin Clubbe, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew's Snr Research Leader ⬇️ kew.org/science/our-sc… Contd ⬇️