Many numbers for nature Seychelles in 2018 |23 January 2018

In 2018 we’re all about numbers at Nature Seychelles. 50 years of Cousin Island Special Reserve being a Nature reserve and 20 years of the existence of Nature Seychelles, the BirdLife partner in Seychelles

Things are not falling apart in the world. If we step back from the gory headlines and the prophecies of gloom we see that there are bright spots of all kinds all over the world. The incredible Cousin Island Special Reserve and the remarkable conservation and education work of Nature Seychelles are such bright spots.

This year we are celebrating 20 years of existence of Nature Seychelles and 50 years of Cousin as a Nature Reserve.  These are enormous events for us and to commemorate them we are rolling out several innovations for our Conservation Boot Camp programme that will surely excite people.

Having had feedback from many interested parties who are working full time or otherwise engaged we are now offering a unique two-week session, contrasting with the normal one month programme.

While this may not provide the total conservation immersion experience on Cousin Island Special Reserve, we believe it would suit the busy person who just cannot spend one whole month away. You still spend quality time on an astonishingly restored and beautiful tropical island reserve undertaking a unique conservation experience with enthusiastic local and international conservationists.

The African Heritage package is another new product under the Conservation Boot Camp. It offers the one-month programme at a wonderful 25% discount to a citizen of any African country.

We want to increase regional integration and collaboration and we think this may help. Amid doom and gloom in many of our African countries, we would like our African brothers and sisters to experience a very successful protected area and to leave with the strong belief that they can indeed save species and ecosystems in their lifetime. 

Thirdly, we are offering an excellent Partnership package to staff of any Birdlife International Partner outside Africa. This is a super 25% discount on the 1 month programme. Nature Seychelles is the Birdlife Partner in Seychelles and has advanced the Birdlife conservation agenda tremendously by saving the most critically endangered birds in Seychelles and by cascading this model to others. We want to introduce Cousin Island Special Reserve which Birdlife calls “one of the world’s great conservation success stories” to our colleagues working in the Birdlife Partnership.

We at Nature Seychelles are optimistic about conservation and environmental protection in general. Indeed, these are very exciting times for us and we want to share our enthusiasm with others. Please do take advantage of these phenomenal offerings and join us on the CBC adventure.

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