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The Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT) hosted a half-day workshop for the media on Thursday, to update the industry on new developments with regard to Seagrass Blue Carbon ...
Constance Hotels & Resorts, one of the leading hotel groups in the Middle East, has identified many endemic species in its surroundings and adapted its landscaping plans and nurseries to protect the biodiversity in their destinations.
Gomon. In Seychellois Creole, this has generally been the word to refer to anything “green and slimy,” says biologist and marine turtle expert Jeanne Mortimer. “You have gomon in the cracks between tiles in your bathroom; you have gomon in the rainforest growing on trees,” she told Mongabay. The word has even been used to […]
New conservation efforts for critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles are starting to make a difference in the status of global hawksbill populations, although the continued illegal trade of tortoiseshell in Japan and Indonesia still threatens the species, according to experts working globally to curb the international sea turtle trade. Hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata) are found in […]
Sea turtles of Aldabra were almost hunted to extinction. But thanks to years of protection the much-loved animals are now thriving again - and so is the iconic giant tortoise.