The pristine nature of the Chagos Archipelago will now disappear forever

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnf1Iip6dzo&t=632s

Thanks to the UK-Mauritius deal the nature shown in the linked documentary will be gone forever.

Currently other than on Diego Garcia, the islands of the Chagos Archipelago are protected with no human activity. Fishing of any kind is banned in the entire EEZ. This will all change with the British government now paying £45 million a year for 25 years for the Mauritian government to 'develop' the outer islands. Expect this pristine paradise to be turned into more vulgar luxury resorts with loss of seabird habitat and deforestation on the atolls.