Tag: Blue Economy
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Blue economy, climate change top the agenda between Seychelles, New Zealand.
Seychelles News Agency: Seychelles and New Zealand, both members of the Commonwealth, will cooperate in the fields of economic relations, the blue economy, and climate change, the newly accredited High Commissioner said on Tuesday.
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Blue Economy, value-added trade dominate meeting with Seychelles’ President and leader of African, Caribbean Pacific Group
(Seychelles News Agency) – The blue economy and trade were topics of discussion between Seychelles’ President and the Secretary General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), on Thursday. The Secretary General, Patrick Gomes, paid a courtesy call to the president at State House, Victoria.
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New measures will regulate sea cucumber catch in Seychelles
Seychelles News Agency; December 27, 2017 by: Betymie Bonnelame New measures will be put in place this year to regulate the collection of three types of commercial sea cucumber species in the waters of Seychelles.
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Natural Capital is of considerable importance in the Seychelles Economy, says World Bank
Seychelles has considerable opportunities to continue climbing the income ladder, especially given its natural capital, which is of global significance, says a recent World Bank report, the Seychelles Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD)“Seychelles has built a powerful brand name linked to the abundance and beauty of its natural environment and resources, including its tropical islands, beaches,…
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The James Michel Foundation expresses support for the world’s first Conservation Boot Camp
James Michel Foundation, Press Release, 16 May 2016: Seychelles Former President James Michel met with Dr. Nirmal Jivan Shah, the Chief Executive of Nature Seychelles, the largest and oldest nature conservation NGO operating in the Seychelles, at Espace building today.
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India is unleashing the Blue Economy
“If we want the Blue Economy game to change then India is a game changer”. Dr. Nirmal Jivan Shah, Chief Executive of Nature Seychelles said this in an article published in August 2015 at the end of former President James Michel’s State Visit to India.
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Operators bitter over exclusion
TODAY in Seychelles, 14th January 2017, by N. Tirant: Seychelles fishermen want to take part in and have a say in discussions that they claim could affect the country’s fisheries and fish stocks and have a long term effect on their livelihoods.
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D’Arros Island: Seychellois demand answers
TODAY NEWSPAPER; 6th October 2016; N. Tirant: Two years after the announcement that it would be made a protected nature reserve under the Nature Parks and Conservancy Act, the island group of D’Arros, situated 250km from Mahé in Seychelles’ outer islands, is back in the environmental limelight. And this time, the public wants to be…
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More accurate and reliable ocean forecasts for Seychelles
Seychelles Nation, April 2 2016:The Online Ocean Forecasting System which was launched last year is a model which has been developed specifically for the region of Seychelles by India through the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) and the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Asia and Africa (RIMES). The forecasting system…
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New coastal radar system means better safeguards for Seychelles, official says
(Seychelles News Agency: 22 March 2016) – Seychelles is now better able to safeguard its waters with the installation of a coastal surveillance radar system officially inaugurated on Monday, the minister of foreign affairs said. The project has been implemented with the support of the Indian government.