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Filename: 20110519_ChagosRegagne.rtf
Study Name: Sustainable resettlement and environmental conservation
Depositor: Laura Jeffery
Date of data collection: 19/05/2011
Document ID: T01
Author: Rebecca Rotter

Description of data: Transcript of public consultation event concerning the future resettlement and environmental conservation of the Chagos Archipelago. 
Event held at the Royal Geographical Society, London, from 10:00 to 16:30 on 19/05/2011. Transcript was prepared from audio recording of the event. 
Some instances of speech are missing due to noise interference. These are made explicit in the text. Speakers included Roch Evenor (Chagos Committee Seychelles), 
Philippa Gregory (Patron, UK Chagos Support Association), Mark Spalding (marine scientist), John Turner (marine scientist), William Marsden (conservationist), 
John Howell (development economist), David Vine (social anthropologist), Sean Carey (social anthropologist), Laura Jeffery (social anthropologist), 
Paul Gardiner (entrepreneur/conservationist), Philippe Sands (barrister), Richard Gifford (lawyer), Olivier Bancoult (Leader, Chagos Refugees Group), 
and Ben Fogle (Patron, UK Chagos Support Association). The event ended with a performance by Ifield Community College Choir. Audience members included a couple of 
hundred Chagossians, conservationists, scientists, academics, former British diplomats and civil servants, students, etc.   

Usage request: Individuals who download, cite or in any other way use this file are kindly requested to inform the depositor, Dr Laura Jeffery, by sending a brief
email to: laura.jeffery@ed.ac.uk