Constance Lemuria and Nature Seychelles to restore coral reefs
[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) 
As you sit on your exercise mat, sunlight dances on the water drawing your eye and calming the mind. Trees rise up, lifting your gaze to look out towards the mountains. Birds sing to one another all around, as a gentle breeze cools the forehead. Tension melts away, revitalising energy flows in. You are experiencing Green Health Yoga at the Sanctuary at Roche Caiman, Mahe.Green Health Yoga sessions combine the fantastic feel good benefits of yoga such as relaxation, increasing flexibility and strength, with those of nature, such as de-stressing, increasing confidence and self esteem, reducing depression and anxiety. And all of this is just a 5-minute drive from Victoria, 2 from Eden Island.
The Seychelles Maritime Safety Administration's (SMSA) Shark Technical Comittee has offered an explanation for the reported increase in the number of bulls sharks sightings near the harbour. The committee has said this is due to the effect of rainwater on salinity levels of the water. A communiqué from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) on a meeting of the committee held on Tuesday 8th April, said such downpours "change the consistency of near shoreline water" and "decrease the salinity near river outflows into the sea," which creates favourable reproduction areas for adult bull sharks, but also sanctuaries that are sought after by young sharks with naturally lower tolerance to salinity at their stage of development. The MOHA concludes that the sightings are natural to Seychelles when sharks return to nursing grounds. Captain Joachim Valmont the Director General of SMSA has called for more public understanding of shark species and an increased awareness of risks involved when going into the harbour where the sightings are being reported. For now, diving restrictions are still in force. Source Today in Seychelles 11.4.2014
UK-based charity Teach A Man To Fish has announced Nature Seychelles as Country Winner of the 2013 Saville Foundation Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education. The competition has awarded organizations from across Africa with a total of $57,000 in prizes. Nature Seychelles won the award for its innovative approach to environmental education at the Sanctuary at Roche Caiman and the Heritage Garden.