Environment in the balance
While the almost daily announcements of new tourism investments in Seychelles might have the country’s bank managers rubbing their hands in delight the same is unlikely to be true for the country’s environmentalists.
Apathy and environment: An Environmental Lacktivist writes
“I’d love to save the environment, just not right now. Don’t get me wrong, I agree with conservation and looking after the birds and animals and whatever, but I’m a busy guy and there’s never enough time (or money) to do everything, right?”
Sousouris Banan: An indictment
“He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”
Immanuel Kant
Enlightenment philosopher, Immanuel Kant, was castigating those who mistreat individual animals. What would he have thought of people who watch entire species wiped out?
All change in Seychelles’ environmental officialdom
Seychelles’ President, James Michel, has revitalised the country’s environmental administration with a new team taking the reins at the top of the Ministry of Environment.
White-eye rescue
A dynamic initiative is underway to help Seychelles White-eyes, one of the country’s eight endangered endemic bird species, take a step back from the threat of extinction, with a raft of conservation groups joining forces for Seychelles latest bird translocation.
