L'Île Coco ('Coco Island') is one of the longest islands adjoining the inner lagoon of the St. Brandon archipelago. It is at times inhabited by fishermen as a base for the resident fishing company's fishing activities as well as for fly fishing and fly-casting activities. France Staub visited this island in 1968 and the research he carried out was later the subject of his seminal Mauritian conservation book called ''Birds of the Mascarenes and Saint Brandon''. It is inhabited by many tens of thousands of sea birds and was one of the reasons the islands of St. Brandon were later declared an Important Bird Area ('IBA').

Ecosystem Protection

The ecosystem of this island and the other twenty-nine isles of the

Cargados Carajos Saint Brandon (), also known as the Cargados Carajos Shoals, is a southwest Indian Ocean archipelago of sand banks, shoals and islets belonging to the Republic of Mauritius. It lies about northeast of the island of Mauritius. It consists of fiv ...

shoals are an internationally recognised Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) Key Biodiversity Area. Coco Island receives the most turtle nesting visits in the archipelago which is the last important nesting area in Mauritius for the

hawksbill The hawksbill sea turtle (''Eretmochelys imbricata'') is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Eretmochelys''. The species has a global distribution that is largely ...

and

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turtles, both of which are endangered, giving it national and international prominence. In 1998 the Word Bank's Management Report to government proposed, "Two Marine Parks...for the St. Brandon Area: Turtle Lagoon Marine Park and Cocos Island Marine Park."

The Saint Brandon Conservation Trust

The Saint Brandon Conservation Trust announced the commencement of its international conservation activities at the Corporate Council on Africa’s 2024 US-Africa Business Summit. Two members of the trust's Scientific Advisory Panel, Dr. Nik Cole, PhD, Reptile Conservation Manager for the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, and Dr. Hindrik Bouwman, PhD, Professor of Ecotoxicology and Zoology at North-West University, presented to the conference by video about the unique nature of Saint Brandon. Global Launch of Saint Brandon Conservation Trust at CCA Dallas 2024 video is available here. Image:L'Île Coco Beach in Cargados Carajos Saint Brandon Mauritius, one of the Thirteen Islands of Raphael Fishing Company.jpg, Image:L'Île Coco Beach Tournefortia argentea in Cargados Carajos Saint Brandon Mauritius, one of the Thirteen Islands of Raphael Fishing Company.jpg, Image:L'Île Coco (Coco Island) St Brandon Cargados Carajos Vegetation.jpg, Image:L'Île Coco - Fauna of St Brandon Cargados Carajos.jpg, Image:The Thirteen Islands of St Brandon - Images of L'Île Coco, Cargados Carajos in Mauritius 03.jpg, Image:The Thirteen Islands of St Brandon - Images of L'Île Coco, Cargados Carajos in Mauritius 04.jpg, Image:The Virgin Mary of Coco Island, Mauritius.jpg,

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Ecosystem Protection

The Saint Brandon Conservation Trust

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