One Monday morning while reading one of Seychelles' local dailies, Jean-Paul Geffroy, manager and owner of Geffroy's Farm, came across an article covering the launch of Nature Seychelles' book 'Grow and Eat Your Own Food Seychelles'.He immediately set out on a mission to get in touch with Dr. Nirmal Jivan Shah, Chief Executive of Nature Seychelles to share what he was doing and see how the two organizations could work together.

Montreal, 14 July 2014 The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization will enter into force on 12 October 2014 following its ratification by 51 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Seychelles is a party to the CBD having been the second signatory of the landmark treaty.

Groups of school children and clubs as well as international environmental groups and individuals have in recent weeks been streaming into the Sanctuary at Roche Caiman to enjoy the beauty and biodiversity that continues to billow out of the site. In the last month alone, there have been six visits from schools, including the wildlife and holiday clubs and a visit from the Collaborative Actions for Sustainable Tourism (COAST) project.

Nature Seychelles Chief Executive Dr. Nirmal Jivan Shah has congratulated the Praslin fishermen in particular the Praslin Fishers Association (PFA) for the finalization of the Praslin coastal fishery plan. This was in reaction to a Seychelles News Agency news alert. The plan is now awaiting approval by the Cabinet of Ministers before it can be implemented according to the Seychelles News Agency