Louisianne Jacques: A Seychelloise, four days, and a seminar that changed our way of seeing the Indian Ocean |22 December 2025

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Louisianne Jacques: A Seychelloise, four days, and a seminar that changed our way of seeing the Indian Ocean

By journalist Antuf Chaharane, Comores

At the Domaine de Lagrave, the first light of morning slid along the Mauritian hills. The mist enveloped the trees, footsteps echoed on the still-damp paths, and already conversations were awakening – timid, curious, coming from the four corners of the Indian Ocean.

It was in this suspended atmosphere that The Move Biodiversity took place, organised by Cap Business Océan Indien from December 2 to 5, 2025. A space designed to allow the islands of the Indian Ocean – so close on a map but still so distant in reality – to truly meet.

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