“It would be yet another unfair position that the industrialised nations would be putting us in because of something we are not responsible for in the first place”
The Seychelles has a reputation for protecting the environment. How important is the natural world to your nation?
It sustains our entire livelihood – both tourism and the fishing industry. National parks account for 51 per cent of our land, which is a world record.
Somali pirates are active in the eastern Indian Ocean. Is that damaging activities around the country’s coasts?
Yes. Piracy has posed a very serious problem for marine science…



