Category: Blog
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Living infrastructure protect coastal communities against extreme weather events
Natural infrastructure such as coral reefs, wetlands and beaches, or a combination of natural habitat and built infrastructure –a hybrid approach – such as a “living shorelines” can strengthen the resilience of coastal communities to storms, flooding, erosion and similar climate threats, a new study has revealed.
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Forget the Blue Economy of SIDS – Let’s talk about the Economies of Fat!
Everyone knows about it but no one wants to discuss it as one of the most important problems of sustainable development and the transition to a Blue Economy. I’m talking about the F word – FAT
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Illegal Fishing – Pillaging of Seychelles seas continues
P. Mawanda, TODAY Newspaper, 5 May 2015: The country’s move to establish the Blue Economy may remain a pipedream if issues such as illegal fishing are not addressed. But are the authorities adequately armed to deal with the situation?
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Tagging and Monitoring fish to safeguard Seychelles’ resources
“When I was growing up, I remember a lot of fishermen fishing outside Port Victoria, near what we used to call ‘The Far’. The Light House. In those days there were spawning aggregations of groupers every April. Fishermen knew to fish there for a big catch. This spawning site vanished even before the land reclamation…
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Forum created to address tuna fishery in Seychelles
Nature Seychelles’ Eric Blais (Cousin Island Special Reserve Coordinator) just attended a one day workshop together with other local civil society and private sector organisations in Seychelles that have an interest in tuna and tuna-like fishery. The consultative workshop was an initiative of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF).
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Time to Walk the Talk.
When addressing the UN General Assembly last week, President Barrack Obama remarked “Seychelles President James Michel said it was up to the countries that burn the most coal, oil and gas to do the most. If they don’t do something, the Earth will not survive and that will be the end of us all,” Michel…
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We are gods
The People, 4/9/2014 This whole week I’ve been eating “gro manze” for lunch and dinner. Crazy, you say. But this is the staple food of many islanders all over the world including our own ancestors.
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Successful roll-out of Praslin coastal fishery plan is a disruption of the business-as-usual model
I congratulate the Praslin fishermen in particular the Praslin Fishers Association (PFA) for the finalization of the Praslin coastal fishery plan. The plan is now awaiting approval by the Cabinet of Ministers before it can be implemented according to the Seychelles News Agency (http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/897#sthash.TyD1fvSa.dpuf)
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UN HDI report not a stone tablet to be followed blindly
The 2014 UNDP Human Development Report has raised a firestorm of protest from the Seychelles Government. What is it?
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Ports and harbors are in harm’s way because of climate change
It’s a no brainer: one look at Port Victoria and one instantly realizes that seaports are located in areas that will bear the brunt of climate change impacts. These areas are coastal zones likely to experience sea-level rise, storms and flooding. One would think therefore that port authorities around the world would be planning for…