An environmental not-for-profit organisation has planted 7,500 trees on Seychelles’ Praslin Island as part of efforts to prevent erosion and land degradation and to restore mangroves forest.
The initiative is being led by Terrestrial Restoration Action Society of Seychelles (TRASS), the only environmental not-for-profit based on the second-most populated island of the Seychelles.
For the past couple of years, TRASS has intensified efforts in restoring coastal habitats like mangroves, wetlands and coastal forests.
Elvina Henriette, a biodiversity consultant affiliated to the organisation, told SNA on Tuesday that currently seven sites on Praslin and the neighbouring island of Curieuse are being restored.
“In 2017, TRASS was contracted to produce and plant mangroves and other coastal plants under the Ecosystem-based Adaptation-South project,” said Henriette.
