Nature Seychelles in collaboration with Black Pearl Farm Ltd is beginning a project to restore giant clams in the waters of Praslin, where aquaculture-raised giant clams (Tridacna maxima) will be translocated. Roald and Kari Nilsen of Black Pearl Farm will donate 120 aquaculture-raised giant clams for re-introduction into the wild. The Nature Seychelles' Reef Rescuers project previously translocated 30 clams from Black Pearl Farm as an experimental pilot program. This allowed testing of new translocation methods. One-month after translocation, the giant clams have successfully adapted to the wild.

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, Utilita, a UK gas and electricity utilities company, has donated £10,000 towards Cousin Island's "Powering Conservation" renewable energy campaign currently running on the popular crowd funding site Indiegogo."We are really pleased to get this chance to support a conservation project of global importance. The environment has always been a key issue at Utilita - hence the adoption of our polar bear mascot. The use of modern technology to help consumers manage their energy consumption is central to what we deliver, and we always need to remember that there is only one environment that we all share. Who would have thought that polar bears would help rescue turtles?" said Bill Bullen, Utilita Managing Director.

[Today in Seychelles 8-5-2014] Nature Seychelles and the Constance Lemuria Resort on Praslin recently signed an agreement to work together on a project designed to restore a coral garden at Petit Anse Kerlan. The resort is piloting its first-ever large scale active coral reef restoration using “coral gardening”. Coral gardening involves collecting small pieces of healthy coral, raising them in underwater nurseries and then transplanting them to degraded sites that have been affected by coral bleaching.

As Cousin Island's solar power crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo reaches its climax, Global Vision International (GVI) http://www.gvi.co.uk/ has teamed up with Nature Seychelles and Climatecaring to offer an amazing prize - the chance to win a free conservation expedition to Curieuse Island. There are on average 12 hours of sunshine a day in the Seychelles Islands. We want you to donate £1 for every hour. For your £12 donation we will send you a postcard from paradise and our eternal gratitude, Plus you will be entered into a prize draw to win a FREE four week conservation expedition on Curieuse Island, a sister Island of Cousin, worth £1,495.

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