Aviation authority contributes to national tree planting campaign |11 June 2012

Two hundred plants sponsored by the environment and forestry divisions on Praslin were planted along the coast in the vicinity of the Côte d’Or market, a place which has not been spared from coastal erosion.

“Out of 20,000 plants being targeted by the campaign, SCAA planted 200, or 1% of the total. If every organisation follows SCAA example, then this will contribute to the successful achievement of the Green Wave Project,” said Kisnan Tamatave, the overall co-coordinator of the activity.

The tree-planting exercise coincided with World Environment Day on June 5, the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environment action.

This year’s theme is Green Economy: Does it include you?
As the custodian operator of civil aviation in Seychelles, SCAA is a significant contributor in the socio-economic development of the country. As inscribed in its mission and value statements, preservation of environment is at the forefront of the organisation’s daily business.

A few hours before the tree-planting exercise the group of employees endured a highly physical hike in the forest of Salazie where they admired some interesting endemic species that are part of the fascinating flora and fauna of the Seychelles.

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