Seychelles | Joined Forces with The Maldives on Marine Ecosystem Monitoring and Conservation

Seychelles joined forces with The Maldives on marine conservation, the Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority (SPGA) and the Maldives Environmental Regulatory partnered during a four - day “Marine Ecosystems Monitoring Exchange”, a workshop strengthened scientific collaboration and conservation capacity between the two nations, focusing heavily on see turtle genetics and marine ecosystem monitoring.

Facilitated by Conservation Biologist and Biodiversity Conservation Coordinator at the Maldive’s Environmental Regulatory Authority, Enas Mohamed Riyaz, the workshop brought together SPGA research and park officers alongside partners including the Island Conservation Society, the Marine Conservation Society Seychelles and the Seychelles Island Foundation.

The workshop designed to support the realistic adaptation of monitoring methods suited to each country’s operational context, and is expected to lay the groundwork for future technical exchanges and collaborative conservation initiatives between the two Indian Ocean nations.

.A shared focus of the exchange is the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle belonging to the family Chieloniidaee, the only extant species in the genus Eretmochelys that has a global distribution that is largely limited to tropical and subtropical marine and estuary ecosystems, a species shared by both island nations which presents strong potential for joint conservation efforts.

The programme covered strategic monitoring methodologies also linked to coral reef, and seagrass, monitoring, with the final final day of the workshop dedicated to a practical field session and training at the Ste Anne Marine Park.

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