Marine conservation project in Seychelles
Are you looking for an adventurous trip with a purpose, or on a gap year or career break? If you want to make a difference in some of the world’s most important conservation areas - and in community projects - then volunteer trips are for you! Volunteers tend to have a sense of adventure, and come from a range of different backgrounds and from all over the world.
Edward Abbey said 'sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul'.
How Marine conservation project in Seychelles makes a difference
Environment
We have been invited by the Seychelles government and the Nature Protection Society Trust of the Seychelles, to assist their priority biological study and conservation programmes. These include coral reef research, whale shark migration, turtle nesting research, trail clearance and foreign species eradication. Our third ambitious coral reef research expedition supports and assists the work of local government Marine Parks, the Seychelles Ministry of Environment, the local NGO's Nature Protection Trust of the Seychelles (NPTS) and Marine Conservation Society of the Seychelles (MCSS), plus international NGO's and universities.
All volunteers and staff “school” together for one unique objective: to learn/teach and take care of the Seychelles’ ocean and coral reefs as much as we can. The Seychelles are a set of islands untouched by development. Volunteers buy their food and essentials from a handful of shops scattered around the islands; providing a source of income to the local people. The Creole people are more than willing to share their meals with foreigners in exchange for a conversation.
Community
The community work project with the International School of Seychelles allows the volunteers share their marine knowledge with the children. This improves the education of the local children about their surrounding habitat, and why it is important to conserve the marine environment.
We are dedicated to responsible tourism, and all of the projects that we support directly benefit the environment, the local community, or both. All projects are carefully chosen to offer our volunteers sustainable and responsible travel, with specific attention being paid to their involvement in the sustainability of all their practices / project goals.
We are passionate about reducing the effects of climate change. As well as offsetting our own carbon emissions through Climate Care and taking steps to reduce our carbon footprint, we encourage everyone to do the same to offset what remains.
Programmes that involve marine conservation, wildlife conservation, wildlife research and community development often work to rectify damage done to the environment by humans. We therefore recognise the link between human lifestyle and the environment. By encouraging everyone to engage with climate change, we work towards the sustainable development of the environment and the future of our planet. So much of what we do involves travelling, so we work with Climate Care to offset our flight CO2 emissions. *For 4 week duration Expedition in 2012, all volunteers must be PADI Advanced Open Water Qualified in order to participate
Marine conservation project in Seychelles
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