iL-Rodrigues and Other Outer Islands

Fact Sheets, Statistics and Indicators

• Rodrigues (Statistics Mauritius)
• Environment (Statistics Mauritius)

Publications

Rodrigues:

2021

• An assessment of soft coral community (Octocorallia; Alcyonacea) around Mauritius and Rodrigues Islands — New records of soft corals, Deeya Jahajeeah, Vishwakalyan Bhoyroo and Mala Ranghoo-Sanmukhiya, Regional Studies in Marine Science, Volume 47, September 2021, 101976

2020

• Phytoseiid mites of Rodrigues Island (Acari: Mesostigmata), Kreiter, Serge  1 and Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A. - Acarologia, Volume: 60 Issue: 2 pages: 449-469
  A new Lophoturus species (Diplopoda, Polyxenida, Lophoproctidae) from Rodrigues Island, the Republic of Mauritius: morphological and molecular evidence, Cuong Huynh and Anneke A. Veenstra, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 132(2) 65 - 77, 14 December 2020

2019

• Ethnozoological practices in Rodrigues island of the Mascarene archipelago,  F Mahomoodally, AK Samoisy, S Suroowan - Journal of Ethnopharmacology Volume 245, 5 December 2019, 112163 - Elsevier

2016

• Marine systematic conservation planning for Rodrigues Island, western Indian Ocean,O Pasnin, C Attwood, R Klaus - Ocean & Coastal Management- Elsevier

2013

• Conservation in Mauritius and Rodrigues: challenges and achievements from two ecologically devastated oceanic islands,FBV Florens - Conservation Biology: Voices from the tropics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library 

• Management of the octopus fishery in Rodrigues, Yann Yvergniaux

• Rodrigues–An Indian Ocean Island calcarenite: its history, study and management, GJ Middleton, DA Burney - Coastal karst landforms, 2013

2009

• Man and nature on Rodrigues: tragedy of an island common,DW Gade - Environmental Conservation, Cambridge

2004

• A checklist of the corals of the island state of Rodrigues, Mauritius, Fenner, D., Clark, T. H., Turner, J. R., & Chapman, B. (2004).  Journal of Natural History, 38(23–24), 3091–3102. 
  1985

• Petrology and geochemistry of Rodrigues Island, Indian Ocean, A. N. Baxter,  B. G. J. Upton & W. M. White,Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Volume 89, pages 90–101, (1985)

Tromelin:

2024

• Okello J.A., Koedam N., Di Nitto D., Dahdouh-Guebas F., Van der Stocken T., Hugé J., Fratini S., Cannicci S., Duncan C., Golléty C. and Hamza  A.J., IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, Mangroves of the Western Indian Ocean

2023

• Migratory patterns of two major influenza virus host species on tropical islands, Lebarbenchon Camille, Boucher Solenn, Feare Chris, Dietrich Muriel, Larose Christine, Humeau Laurence, Le Corre Matthieu and Jaeger Audrey, R. Soc. Open Sci.10230600

2021

• The Scattered Islands. World Affairs: The Journal of International Issues, Villatoux, P.,  25(4), pp.120-125.

2019

• French territories in the Western Indian Ocean, Bigot L., Chabanet P., Cuet P., Cauvin B., Durville P., Mulochau T., Naim O., Nicet J.B., Tessier E., Thomassin B. and Wickel J., In World seas: An environmental evaluation (pp. 279-302). Academic Press.
• TAAF, and other South Atlantic territories, Dietz, Ton, and Daniel Allançon.
• Homisland-IO: Homogeneous Land Use/Land Cover over the Small Islands of the Indian Ocean, Révillion, C., Attoumane, A., & Herbreteau, V.,  Data, 4(2), 82. 
• The Shipwrecked Slaves of Tromelin Island: A Crime of Lese-Humanity, Joëlle Weeks, Angles [Online], 9 | 2019, Online since 01 November 2019.  

2016

• Shoreline changes in a rising sea level context: The example of Grande Glorieuse, Scattered Islands, Western Indian Ocean, Laurent Testut, Virginie Duvat , Valérie Ballu , Rui M.S. Fernandes, Frédéric Pouget , Camille Salmon , Jérome Dyment , Acta Oecologica, 72, pp.110-119.

2012

• A Geomorphological Reconnaissance of Tromelin Island, Indian Ocean,  Nick Marriner, Paolo A. Pirazzoli, Michel Fontugne, Max Guérout, Mireille M. M. Guillaume, Jean-Louis Reyss, Journal of Coastal Research 28 (6), pp.1606–1616.
• The generation of a biodiversity hotspot: biogeography and phylogeography of the western Indian Ocean islands, Agnarsson, I. and Kuntner, M., Current topics in phylogenetics and phylogeography of terrestrial and aquatic systems, 33, p.82.

2010

• Diagnosis of tropical cyclone activity through gravity wave energy density in the southwest Indian Ocean, Ibrahim, Chouaïbou, Fabrice Chane Ming, Christelle Barthe, and Y. Kuleshov,  Geophysical research letters 37, no. 9 .

1970

• Geography and ecology of Tromelin Island." Staub, F. - Atoll Research Bulletin. 136:197–210.

Agalega:

2019

• Seas of Mauritius, R. Bhagooli and D. Kaullysing, World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation, second edition, volume 2, pp. 253-277, Academic Press.

2016

• Evidence of Turtle Poaching On Agalega, Mauritius, Imogen Webster, Adele Cadinouche & Annette Huggins, Marine Turtle Newsletter 151:21-23 

2010

• The other migrants, preparing for change. Environmental changes and migration in the Republic of Mauritius. F Gemenne, A Magnan

St Brandon:

2024

• The Coral Reefs and Fishes of St. Brandon, Indian Ocean Archipelago: Implications for Sustainable Fisheries, M. Ricot, S. Jeetun, S.Y. Jogee, D. Kaullysing, N. Taleb-Hossenkhan, M.J. Mbui, B.E. Casareto, Y. Suzuki, D.P. Wijayanti, and R. Bhagooli, Diversity, 16(12), p.710.

2021

• Persistent organic pollutants in sea bird eggs from the Indian Ocean's Mascarene Basin, V. van der Schyff, N.S.C.K. Yive, A. Polder, N.C. Cole, V. Tatayah, H. Kylin, and H. Bouwman, Science of the Total Environment, 771, p.145348.

2020

• Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in tern eggs from St. Brandon's Atoll, Indian Ocean, V. van der Schyff, N.S.C.K. Yive, A. Polder, N.C. Cole, and H. Bouwman, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 154, p.111061.

• Impacts of a shallow shipwreck on a coral reef: A case study from St. Brandon's Atoll, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, V. van der Schyff, M. Du Preez, K. Blom, H. Kylin, N.S.C.K. Yive, J. Merven, J. Raffin, and H. Bouwman, Marine Environmental Research, 156, p.104916.

2019

• Seas of Mauritius, R. Bhagooli and D. Kaullysing, World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation, pp. 253-277, Academic Press.

2016

• The flip-or-flop boutique: marine debris on the shores of St Brandon's rock, an isolated tropical atoll in the Indian Ocean, H. Bouwman, S.W. Evans, N. Cole, N.S.C.K. Yive, and H. Kylin, Marine Environmental Research, 114, pp.58-64.

2013

• Observations of Green and Hawksbill Turtles on the Southwest Coast of Mauritius, I. Webster, Marine Turtle Newsletter, 138, pp.15-17. 

2011

• Marine debris on St Brandon’s Islands, Indian Ocean, H. Bouwman, S.W. Evans, N. Cole, H. Kylin, N.C.K. Yive, L. Neretin, and V. Tatayah, International Marine Debris Conference, Waikiki, Hawaii, USA, 20-25 March 2011.

2009

• Mauritius: A seafood hub, J. Houbert, Fisheries Exploitation in the Indian Ocean: Threats and Opportunities, 194.

Chagos Archipelago:

2024

• Challenges and Prospects for the Chagos Archipelago,Laura Jeffery, Chris Monaghan, Mairi O'Gorman, 10.4324/9781003390299  

• The Chagos Islands and international orders: human rights, rule of law, and foreign rule, Martin Welz, sage journals, Volume 38, Issue 4 

• Origins, Legacies, and Future The Chagossians, a Population in Exile, Priya Bahadoor ,Challenges and Prospects for the Chagos Archipelago,, edition 1st, Pages13 

• The Chagos Archipelago Sovereignty Dispute, the Joint UK-US Military Base on the Island of Diego Garcia, and Its Significance to India, Ghalsasi, Aditya Sandeep  

• Decolonizing RFMOs: The Case of the United Kingdom’s IOTC Membership on Behalf of the Chagos Archipelago,Bjørn Kunoy, Tomas Heidar & Constantinos Yiallourides (eds.), 14 Pages

• Raw Deals: The Continued Shafting of the Chagossians, KAMPMARK, BINOY, CounterPunch, 2024, p1,1086-2323  

• Executive robbery’: UK public law, race, and ‘regimes of dispossession’ in the Chagos Archipelago, TANZIL CHOWDHURY, Journal of Law and society, Volume51, Issue1,Pages 57-81 

• New Chilopoda from the Chagos Archipelago, George Popovici, Gregory D. Edgecombe & Daniel W. Hall, Journal of Natural History Volume 58, 2024 - Issue 41-44 

• Situating Sovereignty: Judge Donoghue's Lone Dissent in the Chagos Advisory Opinion, Peter Danchin, U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2024-25 

2023

• Chapter 8 Chagos, Philippe Sands, Pages: 151–170 

• The UK, US, and Mauritius; A clash of interests, Fidelis Allen, Pan-African Conversations, 1(2), 131-138. 

• The Chagos dispute: where right makes might, Peter Harris, Third World Quarterly Volume 44, 2023 - Issue 2,Pages 395-404