Eco-schools Seychelles: Shark encounters on Aldabra

A couple of kids snorkelling with the sharks

The 10 lucky students who visited the Aldabra atoll this year experienced, for most of them, their first shark encounter! As winners of the Eco-schools competition, the students enjoyed a 5 day fun-filled trip learning about the natural habitats on Aldabra and it's exceptional biodiversity. Sharks were one of the main marine species they were taught about. Students got the chance to observe some beautiful blacktip reef sharks by snorkeling and swimming with them.

MTC students go shark viewing in the St. Anne marine park

Group photo with the MTC students, teachers, SNPA and GIF

A group of 30 students from the Maritime Training Centre (MTC) enjoyed a fun-filled day in the St. Anne marine park and on St. Anne island on Tuesday 10th March 2015 learning about one of Seychelles' oldest marine park, and viewing the coral reef found there, as well as some juvenile lemon sharks!

Project to re-establish a Sooty Tern breeding colony on Denis Island in collaboration with GIF published!

Sooty Terns on Denis Island

"Seychelles supports around three million nesting pairs of sooty terns. However, there have been recent declines and the colonies continue to face ongoing threats from habitat change and excessive commercial harvesting of their eggs, as well as potential threats by commercial fishing and climate change. A possible method to counter these threats is to re-establish breeding colonies on islands from which they have disappeared. An attempt was made to

Beau Vallon Primary students learn more about sharks

Group photo with the participants of Beau Vallon Primary school

The shark education and awareness campaign continues and last week some students from Beau Vallon primary school learnt about sharks and why it is important to protect them. On Tuesday 23rd  February 2015, the Green Islands Foundation (GIF) and the Seychelles National Parks Authority (SNPA) carried out some shark related activities during the Extra-Curricular Activity (ECA) time slot after school hours.