To celebrate today the Ministry of Environment held a
tourism seminar for Biodiversity and Sustainability. I went, representing MCSS
and Banyan Tree and one of my MCSS colleagues also attended the seminar to
represent the Cerf Island habitat mapping/snorkelling trail project. A few of
us had to give short presentations; all in the spirit of sustainable tourism
and the conservation of biodiversity. One thing in particular I took from
today’s seminar is the commitment of various organisations and hotel businesses
to encourage a greener environment. As I learned today, 50% of utility bills in
Seychelles are from the tourism industry – so any effort to reduce that energy
usage, no matter how big or small, makes a massive difference in the grand
scheme of things. If today you decide to celebrate Biodiversity Day, please
include in your plans an attempt to reduce your impact on the environment.
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| MCSS Cerf Island Presentation |
As another consequence of Biodiversity Day, I’d like to
announce the happy news that Rambo will be released from our care and back into
the wild as of this coming Monday. While we’ll miss him, his weight has
remained stable over the course of the past few weeks and we have observed that
his eyesight does not appear to significantly affect his quality of life. Our
permit allows us to keep terrapins in captivity for rehabilitation purposes and
I’m glad that we will be returning another healthy animal to the wild.
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| Rambo out for a swim because of the wet weather |
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| The white crystallisation in his eyes will never go away |
Please read next week to hear more about Rambo’s farewell!
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