Available evidence and the decisions adopted by Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) indicate that a significant gap remains in finance for biodiversity management. Countries need to scale up their efforts drastically to achieve the 20 Aichi Targets defined in the CBD’s Strategic Plan for 2011-2020. A preliminary assessment recently conducted under the auspices of the […]
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Project Timeline 2008 – 2014 Contributors GoS-UNDP-GEF Mainstreaming Prevention and Control of Introduction and Spread of Invasive Alien Species. Background Invasive Alien Species (IAS) are reported to be the single greatest threat to native species and habitats in Seychelles. IAS are harmful alien species, whose introduction or spread threaten the environment, the economy, or society,
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Project Timeline 2014 – 2018 Contributors GoS-UNDP-GEF Expansion and Strengthening of the Protected Area Subsystem of the Outer Islands of Seychelles and its Integration into the broader land and seascape. Background Seychelles’ existing protected area system is primarily situated in the Inner (Granitic) Islands of the country. The Outer Islands of the Seychelles make up
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Project Timeline 2010 – 2015 Contributors GoS-UNDP-GEF Strengthening Seychelles’ Protected Area System through NGO Management Modalities (PA Project) Background The 21 formal protected areas in Seychelles are under the administration of a number of different Government institutions, parastatals and NGOs, including the Ministry of Land Use and Housing (MLUH), Seychelles National Parks Authority (SNPA), Seychelles
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Project Timeline 2008 – 2010 Contributors GoS-UNDP-GEF Enabling Seychelles to prepare its Second National Communication as a response to its commitments under the UNFCCC (SNC Project) Background Signatories to the UNFCCC are obligated to submit National Communications that identify the likely Climate Change threats to a country’s economy and population, and highlight mitigation and adaptation
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Project Timeline 2008 – 2012 Contributors GoS-UNDP-GEF Capacity Development for Sustainable Land Management in Seychelles (SLM Project) Background Over 80% of Seychelles land area is under some form of forest or vegetation cover which provides shelter to thousands of species in the ecosystem. But land is fast becoming scarce due to various factors such as
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Project Timeline 2010 – 2014 Contributors GoS-UNDP-GEF Project Overview Capacity Development for Improved National and International Environmental Management in Seychelles (CB2 Project) CB2 Project Background The Environment Management Plan of Seychelles (EMPS) is the principal policy framework and institutional mechanism for addressing national and international environmental concerns in Seychelles. However, findings of the Seychelles National
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The Agriculture Department in collaboration Seychelles Trading Company (STC), has, as from September, 2023 started the importation and distribution of animal feed to local livestock producers. Consequently, the Animal Feed subsidy, that was in application since 2020 has been discontinued as from the cut-off date 30th June 2023. Feed is available for poultry and pigs,
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The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, is one of the most important and successful Global environmental treaties ever to be adopted on the 16th September 1987, and has successfully reduced the global production, consumption, and emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs). It was adopted on the 16th September 1987, to protect the Stratospheric
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