Scientific Papers

Introduced common mynas Acridotheres tristis have been implicated as a threat to native biodiversity on the oceanic islands of St Helena and Ascension (UK). A rice-based bait treated with Starlicide® wasbroadcast for consumption by flocks of common mynas at the government rubbish tips on the two islands during investigation of potential myna management techniques.

Report on the fieldwork undertaken on Cousin island between June and October 2014 on the study of the Seychelles Warbler. As part of the Seychelles Warbler Research Group, a partnership between researchers at the Universities of East Anglia and Sheffield in the UK and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, run in collaboration with Nature Seychelles. 

Paper published in the Herpetological Review, resulting from disease screening of Seychelles amphibians by Labisko et al.

A Nature Seychelles’ study focusing on the link between coral reefs and fish populations at several sites around Cousin Island Special Reserve - published in the scientific journal Ocean & Coastal Management. 

Effective conservation of the critically endangered hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the western Indian Ocean is hindered by a lack of basic ecological information about its diet and habitat requirements. This study utilised stomach samples from dead turtles and oesophageal lavage, together with in-water observations of foraging turtles, to identify the relative importance of species contributing to the diet of hawksbill turtles at five localities in the Republic of Seychelles