Staff of climate change department plant saplings to enhance Anse Royale beach park coastline |17 September 2021

A group of 20 employees from the department of climate change and environment teamed up recently to plant different veloutye saplings along the coastline of the Anse Royale beach park.

The aim of such an initiative is to showcase the benefits of having plants and other vegetation  

as an applicable intervention that can help address the issue of coastal erosion.

There are other numerous benefits of vegetation and these include that they act as a “carbon sink”, in other words they help to remove/absorb carbon dioxide in the air  which in turn improves the air quality around us.

Commenting on the tree planting activity and initiative, one of the participants and environment activist, Jeremy Raguin, said: “Planting trees along the coast will help to strengthen the existing barriers that we have built.”

He further stated that “coastal erosion is evident in Seychelles, we see it every day on our roads, and near our homes. It is happening along all the coastlines of all our islands. In our efforts to address the issue of coastal erosion which is being worsened by the effects of climate change, we wanted to encourage everyone to plant more trees along the coast. Protecting our coastline is very important and by increasing the number of trees in our country we will also bring other benefits, such as better air quality, shade, and food source.”

The accompanying photos show some highlights of the tree-planting activity.

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