The European Union has  granted EUR 15 Million in support of an enhanced regional cooperation for sustainable biodiversity management in the Eastern and Southern Africa-Indian Africa Ocean region. A signing ceremony for  the agreement was held in the Seychelles during the closing ceremony of the 28th Council of Ministers of the Indian Ocean Commission. The programme will assist six countries in this region namely Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Kenya and Tanzania over the next five years. For more information see the attached Press Release or go to this link.

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Press Release - EU Indian Ocean Commission Cooperation

[Press Release - EU Indian Ocean Commission Cooperation]

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Towards the end of 2012 Cousin Island Special Reserve played host to a group of international volunteers and staff from Global Vision International (GVI). The visits provided an opportunity for GVI to improve upon their knowledge of the flora and fauna that can be found on the various islands in Seychelles. Although geographically close,  Curieuse and Cousin are extremely different from each other.

Just before Christmas we spent a couple of mornings working at our nature reserve at Roche Caiman with children from the President’s Village. We have a project funded through a program called Mangroves For the Future. The program was set up after the 2004 tsunami to increase the resilience of coastal communities, like us in the Seychelles, against environmental threats such as climate change.

The Friends of the Flycatcher after school club based on La Digue has installed eight bird baths on the island for the benefit of the Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher (Veuve). The baths were set up at the Veuve Reserve, the La Digue School, the Flycatcher Lodge, Villa Veuve, and the Community Centre at La Passe.