Nature Seychelles (BirdLife Partner in Seychelles) has just partnered with Mint, the first official gold coin company in Seychelles towards the continued management of The Sanctuary at Roche Caiman, a unique urban wetland reserve on Mahe. Mint was officially launched by the Minister of Finance and Investment Pierre Laporte and The Governor of the Central Bank Ms. Caroline Abel on Wednesday morning in a ceremony held at the Seychelles International Airport. 

Nature Seychelles and Geffroy’s farm will on the 23rd of October 2014 be entering into a partnership agreement. The signing of the agreement will take place at The Sanctuary in Roche Caiman starting from 2.00 pm running through till 3.30 pm. The event will be attended by Minister Sinon, PS Nalletamby, Miss Seychelles 2014, Nature Seychelles Board Members and staff as well as other invited guests. 

This year’s theme for the World Food Day is Family Farming: “Feeding the world, caring for the earth”. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) chose this year’s theme with the hope of raising the profile of family and small holder farmers and their key role in food security and natural resource management. 2014 has thus been named the International Year of Family Farming by the UN General Assembly.

Nature Seychelles’ management of Cousin Island Special Reserve earned Cousin the status of being the first carbon neutral island in the world in 2010. With the support of the Royal Society of the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Nature Seychelles’ partner in the UK, Carbon clear was hired to assess the carbon footprint of the Island. International tourists visiting Cousin are responsible for 1,500 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents annually, and the restored forest on the island can only absorb a certain amount of this. It was therefore necessary to offset the bulk of the carbon dioxide through a carbon sequestration project.