The Milestone 3 outputs include a zoning design to complete the 30% biodiversity conservation goal of the debt conversion. This third, and final, milestone also includes revisions to the draft Allowable Activities Tables, which are still in progress. The Allowable Activities Tables will be finalized in 2020, with the completion of the Seychelles Marine Spatial Plan and draft management plans for the MSP areas.
For Milestone 3 in 2019, the Seychelles MSP held more than 50 stakeholder meetings, workshops, bilateral consultations and public workshops on Mahe and Praslin islands to receive and discuss proposals for the final 4% of the conservation goal. Also discussed in 2019 were the management considerations for Zone 3 – Multiple Use.
With a high level of support from public workshops, MSP Technical Working Groups, MSP Steering Committee and MSP Executive Committee, the Seychelles MSP core team submitted a Cabinet Memo to Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Change (MEECC) for approval to prepare a nomination file for Milestone 3, as per the governance framework and decisions taken to meet the timelines for the Seychelles debt conversion. The Seychelles MSP received approval from the Cabinet of Ministers on 30 October 2019 to prepare the Nomination File for Milestone 3 and it was submitted to MEECC on 30 November 2019. The MEECC submitted the file to Attorney General’s Office (AGO) on 10 December 2019.
After review by AGO, the Notice of Intention was published on Monday 20 January 2020. Copies of the map showing the area can be inspected free of charge during normal working hours at the following places:
- Documentation Centre of the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change at the Botanical Gardens, Mont Fleuri; or
- Department of Environment, Fond B’Offay, Praslin.
Any person who wishes to may submit written comments to the Principal Secretary of Environment Department, Botanical Gardens, Mont Fleuri.
Public comment period: 20 January until 16 March 2020
Nomination File to designate, and re-designate, areas for protected area status under the National Parks and Nature Conservancy Act (NPNCA), as amended (1982).
Table of Contents
Part A: Text
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- Seychelles Marine Spatial Plan Initiative
- Designation of marine protection areas
- Areas for high biodiversity protection
- Areas for medium biodiversity protection
- Financial, regulatory and legal implication of the SMSP
- Summary of on-going discussions
- Map of all proposed areas in nomination file
- References
Part B: Annexes
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- Annex I: History of legislation for protected areas in Seychelles
- Annex II: Debt swap timeline and Seychelles MSP milestones
- Annex III: Seychelles MSP stakeholder meetings 2014-2019
- Annex IV: GOS-UNDP-GEF capacity building and stakeholder meetings 2014-2019
- Annex V: Summary of MSP zoning design approach
- Annex VI: Seychelles MSP zoning framework
- Annex VII: Summary of stakeholder comments
- Annex VIII: Draft management considerations
- Annex IX: Draft Allowable Activities Tables
- Annex X: References for Annexes
Part C: Coordinates
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- Notes about coordinate descriptions
- Coordinates for Zone 1 areas
- Coordinates for Zone 2 areas
- Existing maritime boundaries
Part D: Maps
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- Areas for high biodiversity protection (Zone 1)
- Areas for medium biodiversity protection and sustainable use (Zone 2)
Notice of Intention 20 January 2020 click here
Notice of Intention 28 February 2020 click here
Information is presented for discussion purposes only.
Document is subject to approval by Government of Seychelles.
Updated: 16 April 2020