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Reforestation campaign in Seychelles on target to plant 250,000 trees
Victoria, Seychelles | December 17, 2020, Thursday @ 10:56 in Environment » GENERAL | By: Sharon Ernesta | Views: 5359
The seedlings are being planted on degraded land in select areas on Praslin for environmental protection and conservation of important ecosystems. (TRASS/SETS)
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(Seychelles News Agency) - A campaign aimed at reforesting some of the most eroded mountainous areas of Seychelles second-most populated island is on target to plant 250,000 trees in the next five years.
The campaign Rebwaz mwan, meaning reforest me, involves widespread planting of 50,000 seedlings annually over the next five years on Praslin Island. The tree planting is seen as the biggest such campaign ever undertaken in Seychelles – 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean.
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COVID-19 downturn salary assistance in Seychelles to continue until February, official says
To benefit from the reviewed scheme business establishments should have received the new license as per public health requirements. ( Seychelles Nation)
(Seychelles News Agency) - Businesses that were receiving salary assistance for their employees under the
Financial Assistance for Job Retention (FA4JR) scheme will continue to benefit from the programme until February 2021, said a top finance official.
In a meeting on Monday with the private sector, Secretary of State for Finance Patrick Payet said that the scheme has been reviewed and from March 2021 onwards it will be phased down and only those that fall under an affirmative list will benefit.