Environmental protection

While some argue that trade liberalization has raised incomes and led to environmental protection in developing countries, others claim that it generates neither poverty reduction nor sustainability. The detailed case studies in this book demonstrate that neither interpretation is correct, given how much depends on specific policies and institutions that determine ‘on-the-ground’ outcomes.

This document underpins the NERC marine science community's response to the UK government consultation on the proposed marine protected area in the British Indian Ocean Territory; relates specifically to the 55 islands of the Chagos Archipelago and surrounding marine ecosystems.