Nature Seychelles and ClimateCaring have just launched a fundraising campaign on Indiegogo to raise much needed funds for solar installation on Cousin Island Special Reserve, Seychelles. We urgently need to replace the diesel powered generator on the island with a Photovoltaic Solar Power system to bring multiple benefits including reducing our CO² emissions and saving money to fund continuing research, extra staffing, island maintenance, boat repairs, energy security and much more.

A Nature Seychelles team working on a project to study fish movement in and the around the Cousin Island Special Reserve has began putting acoustic tags in some Rabbitfish (Kordonnyen). The activity is being done in collaboration with the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA). The team of Tove Jörgensen and Craig Syms is using traditional bamboo traps (Kasye) to catch rabbitfishes, tag them with conventional tags and then surgically implant an acoustic tag in the abdomen. They are working with mainly “Shoemaker spinefoot” (Siganus sutor).

The Minister of Tourism and Culture Mr Alain St Ange visited Cousin on Monday in the company of the Chief Executive and Director of Nature Seychelles Dr. Nirmal Jivan Shah and Ms Kerstin Henri respectively. The Minster said that he and his senior staff were "very impressed by Cousin". He congratulated Nature Seychelles for having "developed the art of managing a reserve that belongs to the birds where humans can visit as guests."

The 1st wildlife day was celebrated around the world on Monday, 3rd March 2014, the day adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2013 to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild fauna and flora. "Wildlife is integral to our future through its essential role in science, technology and recreation. It is intrinsic to our continued heritage and sustainable development," the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said during this year's celebration.