conservation
Join the Hawksbill Turtle Conservation Team on Cousin Island! Nature Seychelles is on the lookout for passionate volunteers to join the Hawksbill Turtle Nesting Season from October 2024 to April 2025 on the stunning Cousin Island Special Reserve. This is a unique opportunity to get hands-on experience in conservation while making a real difference for […]
Seychelles CONFEJES Project Plans Artificial Reef Using Glass Bottles Engaging children in the rich and diverse marine life of Seychelles and its conservation through scuba diving and coral restoration is the goal of a project submitted for funding under CONFEJES this year. This innovative initiative, led by Vicky Durand, is one of 10 projects submitted […]
Earth Day – 22 April 2023 Every year on 22 April, Earth Day is celebrated in order to educate and encourage society to collectively work towards maintaining the health and well-being of our planet. This involves emphasis being placed on important issues such as pollution, deforestation, climate change and plastic waste and consequently, the implementation […]
Seychelles to protect 100% of mangroves and seagrass in 2023, says President at COP27 Seychelles will move to 100 percent protection of all its mangroves and seagrass meadows in 2023, adding to the already 32 percent protection of its ocean and 50 percent of its forest, President Wavel Ramkalawan said on Monday. Ramkalawan made the […]
(Seychelles News Agency) – With Seychelles continually looking at ways to diversify its economic activities, one industry that appears to be attracting a lot of interest is the plantation of vanilla. There are already several businesses looking to get into the production of vanilla and SNA has learned that the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) is now also looking into […]
Happy Shark Awareness Day – 14 June 2022 Shark Awareness Day is not about fear… Many marine conservation groups celebrate this day every year in observance of sharks and the essential part they play in the marine ecosystem. This day is not about standing on the beach and shouting out warnings to panicked swimmers, […]
“Reef balls”: New ways to stop beach erosion tested on Desroches Island (Seychelles News Agency) – The Islands Development Company (IDC) is testing a new type of artificial protection called ‘reef balls’ against beach erosion on the island of Desroches in Seychelles, said a top IDC official. The islands of Desroches, Remire and Platte are currently facing […]
In some of the stories we’ve heard about these creatures, they’re described as being slow and plodding, and they’re also occasionally obsessed with pizza, ninjitsu, and news reporters. We are, of course, talking about Turtles! World Turtle’s Day has been celebrated on May 23rd every year since 1990. This celebration aims to bring awareness […]
(Seychelles News Agency) – Conservationists and eco-tourists on Fregate Island in Seychelles are now able to use a phone app to track the movements of Mario and Norbert, two Aldabra giant tortoises, following the recent tagging of the giant reptiles with GPS trackers. The island’s deputy conservation manager, Anna Zora, told SNA that the conservation […]
Heat-resilient “super corals”: Nature Seychelles setting up aquaculture farm for future corals (Seychelles News Agency) – Nature Seychelles, a nonprofit organisation, is planning to set up a land-based aquaculture coral farm on the island of Praslin to produce more heat-resilient super corals, which are better engineered to adapt to continuously rising ocean temperatures. The organisation’s chief […]
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