Sabrina Jean writes:
When we Chagossians lived on our islands, the
seas and lagoons were pristine.
When the Americans arrived, they caused massive
environmental degradation, including bulldozing our villages and flattening
graveyards.
To create building materials, they started dynamiting the lagoon of
Diego Garcia, killing fish and destroying large areas of coral reef.
For many years we have been pressing BIOT to
conduct an environmental audit of the effects of the US occupation.
This has
been consistently refused, with the explanation that the impact of the
occupation is minimal.
We can now see that throughout this period there have
been no controls on the pollution.
We are the real guardians of our homeland.
Until
we are allowed to return, we think that this degradation is bound to be
permitted to continue.
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