Advantages: Unique tropical island restored to natural state; see some of the world's rarest birds Disadvantages: Ornithophobics beware!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cousin Island Special Reserve is one of the granitic Seychelles Inner Islands, located 2Km from the south west coast of Praslin, in the remote Indian Ocean. Cousin was one of the world's first whole island and sea reserves.
When Cousin was settled in the early 1900s, the 27 hectares of natural vegetation was cleared to make way for a commercial coconut plantation. In 1968 the island was purchased by Birdlife International and became the world's ... ...site for 300,000 seabirds, and Cousin is the most important nesting site for Hawksbill turtles in the Western Indian Ocean. The reefs around the island are protected by a 400m exclusion zone, and studies have shown they contain 60% more of the commonly (over)fished species than any other marine reserve in Seychelles. Today Cousin is managed by Nature Seychelles, a non-profit organisation which commendably aims to involve the local community as much ...
VC81 17.11.2005
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