ECO-IMPERIALISM is stalking the high seas. Conservationists in the US and UK stand accused of trying to grab waters that their governments have no right to.
The , a US organisation, has joined forces with UK conservationists to protect the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean. While the push to protect the environment looks like a laudable goal, especially given the environmental damage to , the largest island and home to a US military base, the plan could permanently exile thousands of Chagossians.
This is despite a British promise to hand the area, currently the British Indian…
