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Visitors to Seychelles donate $775,000 to environmental fund via online travel authorisation platform (Seychelles News Agency) – Seychelles’ Environment Trust Fund has received more than $775,000 (SCR10 million) as voluntary contributions made by travellers to the island nation through the Seychelles Travel Authorisation Platform as of June 2022. The announcement was made in a press statement from the Ministry […]
Heading for UNESCO: Seychelles’ Moutya dance will soon resonate in France (Seychelles News Agency) – Seychelles will showcase its traditional dance, the Moutya, in a tour in various cities in France and will culminate with a performance at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, according to a top cultural official. A delegation of 28 Seychellois dancers, […]
World Oceans Day: 5 ways Seychelles is working to protect its underwater life (Seychelles News Agency) – As Seychelles joined the rest of the world to celebrate World Oceans Day on June 8, SNA looks at five ways that Seychelles and local conservation organisations are protecting the island nation’s territorial waters and its species. Seychelles […]
Deep-sea research: Seychellois marine biologist wins National Geographic Society grant (Seychelles News Agency) – Sheena Talma has become the first Seychellois scientist to win a National Geographic Society grant to conduct research in the waters of Seychelles. In her research, Talma seeks to bridge and close gaps in data relating to Seychelles and the Indian Ocean’s deep waters […]
Flying the world solo: 16-year-old ‘MackSolo’ arrives in Seychelles Why wait? You can achieve your dream even before you turn 18 years old, says a young pilot on a mission to break a world record after landing in Seychelles, one of the countries he is visiting on his solo quest. Setting out to become the […]
(Seychelles News Agency) – Seychelles is celebrating its African heritage through a series of activities that kicked off on Wednesday, May 25, to coincide with Africa Day. This year’s four-day event was launched by the Secretary General of the Seychelles National Institute of Culture, Heritage and the Arts, David Andre, in an evening filled with African […]
In some of the stories we’ve heard about these creatures, they’re described as being slow and plodding, and they’re also occasionally obsessed with pizza, ninjitsu, and news reporters. We are, of course, talking about Turtles! World Turtle’s Day has been celebrated on May 23rd every year since 1990. This celebration aims to bring awareness […]
First Seychellois on European Trial in Marseille In October 2021 Hoareau was named captain of his school football team in Mont Fleuri. AND NOW is currently on trial at Olympique de Marseille, one of the biggest clubs in France and Europe! This is a first for Seychelles! September 2021, young Lorenzo Hoareau was called up to the senior […]
(Seychelles News Agency) – SeyBrew, the flagship brand of Seychelles Breweries, has won a gold award in the International Lager category of the African Beer Cup, the company said on Tuesday. The iconic beer brand also clinched third overall in the competition for the title of Best Beer in Africa out of 251 beers by an expert panel during […]
(Seychelles News Agency) – Conservationists and eco-tourists on Fregate Island in Seychelles are now able to use a phone app to track the movements of Mario and Norbert, two Aldabra giant tortoises, following the recent tagging of the giant reptiles with GPS trackers. The island’s deputy conservation manager, Anna Zora, told SNA that the conservation […]
(Seychelles News Agency) – Seychelles will launch its first atmospheric balloon satellite to collect data on greenhouse gases on Thursday, April 28. The event is a collaboration between the Department of Science and Technology in Seychelles and Space Kidz India (SKI) – an aerospace organisation for young scientists – through which 30 trained students from the island nation […]
Heat-resilient “super corals”: Nature Seychelles setting up aquaculture farm for future corals (Seychelles News Agency) – Nature Seychelles, a nonprofit organisation, is planning to set up a land-based aquaculture coral farm on the island of Praslin to produce more heat-resilient super corals, which are better engineered to adapt to continuously rising ocean temperatures. The organisation’s chief […]
