Category: Blog
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Spooked by hatchlings
This is my third time on Cousin Island during turtle season. You would think that after spending so much time watching turtles nesting I will have seen most of what there is to see but no, every time I come, there is always something new, something I haven’t witnessed before.
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Turtle trance
This is my first time to Cousin Island as a helper during the hectic turtle season. Although I had no idea what I was walking into, the hawksbill turtles have most definitely exceeded my expectations. During my first month here I had two turtles come on to the beach at the same time time to…
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Reef Rescuers at Six Senses, so far
For the past two weeks, Nature Seychelles’ Reef Rescuers team stayed on Felicity Island to initiate a coral reef restoration project in partnership with the 5-star resort Six Senses Zil Pasyon. This 18-months project aims at restoring the coral population of Anse Péniche located on the North West side of Felicity Island within Coco Island…
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Getting rid of the Sharp and Slimey
Doing population controls of coral predators to assist recovery on reefs impacted by the 2016 mass coral bleaching event. A total of 790 corallivore snails (Drupella spp.) were removed from the Reef Rescuers transplanted site in Cousin Island Special reserve. Another 28 corallivore starfishes (Crown-of-Thorns) were injected with lethal doses of vinegar on the resilient…
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What is scarring and sheeting and why is it important in a coral nursery?
Scarring and sheeting of nursery grown corals are among the first steps towards successful rearing. The scaring process – depending on the growth structure and type of coral – can take anywhere from two weeks to a month and a half.
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Happily growing super corals
Good news for the reefs of Seychelles! Over 1,000 super coral nubbins are happily growing in the Reef Rescuer coral nursery.
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Some pretty tough corals!
After the devastating effects of the recent bleaching event on our coral reefs, the time has come to look for survivors and get on the road of recovery.
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Cousin Island – a place like no other
Packing my bags and saying goodbye to Mahe, I did not know what was ahead for me. The first time I laid my eyes on Cousin Island, I knew at that moment that a new adventure awaited me. With its golden sand, silver clouds and its crystal clear water. Cousin Island is its own little…
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The Blue Economy, the SDGs and Innovation: We have to take the Path Less Travelled
The Blue Economy is being heralded as an innovative agenda for setting the pace towards a new Seychelles. As a new development concept, the Blue Economy needs to be unpacked. We need to know what’s under its hood, how it works and how to fuel it.
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What a great start to the week
This morning at 830 am our International Volunteers working on Cousin Island Special Reserve performed the excavation of the nest 519 which was laid just one day before the new year. On Saturday night we encountered adorable baby turtles just close to the volunteers’ house, which were a bit confused by the house’s light. Today…