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Thank You for Standing with Aldabra. Here’s What’s Next! 🐢
Friends A.
started this petition to
President Wavel Ramkalawan of Seychelles
One year ago, we launched our petition to protect the Aldabra Atoll: a biodiversity hotspot and one of the world’s last nearly untouched reefs. Since then, over 20,000 people from Seychelles and around the world have raised their voices to defend this global treasure.
From Seychelles to the world: THANK YOU. Every signature, share, and act of care and concern has strengthened the movement. This is a moment to celebrate what we’ve achieved together.
In the past 12 months, Friends of Aldabra has brought global attention to a $300M luxury hotel development threatening this UNESCO World Heritage Site. As a youth-led coalition with supporters in the Seychelles and around the world (this includes you!), we successfully secured support from over 30 partner organizations and thousands of individuals. Together, our voices helped make Aldabra and Assomption a decisive topic in the Seychelles national election and played a pivotal role in securing a presidential commitment to halt the construction on Assomption Island.
Our petition was delivered to the former government, but sadly, no action was taken. Today, with the new government in place, our focus is on holding that promise to account: ensuring Aldabra and its surrounding ecosystems are protected once and for all.
The fight isn’t over. We need your voice now more than ever. Here’s how you can help:
> Seychellois: Join our community, speak out publicly to share why you care about Aldabra and Assomption. Reach out to us at friendsofaldabra@gmail.com.
> Global supporters: Follow, share and amplify our campaign @friendsofaldabra. Help us by taking action via our partner Chilli to email decision-makers and urge strengthened protection of the islands.
> Journalists: Help amplify this story. Reach out if you want to report on the campaign and what’s next for Aldabra and Assomption.
Every action, from sharing to speaking out to taking action on Chilli, brings us closer to lasting protection for this irreplaceable sanctuary.
Stay connected and get updates on our campaign:
Contact: friendsofaldabra@gmail.com
Instagram: instagram.com/friendsofaldabra
Website: www.friendsofaldabra.org
Chilli Link: https://bit.ly/488pp3M
Download Chilli App: https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/chilli-action-pour-le-climat/id1645549437
From Seychelles to the world: THANK YOU. Every signature, share, and act of care and concern has strengthened the movement. This is a moment to celebrate what we’ve achieved together.
In the past 12 months, Friends of Aldabra has brought global attention to a $300M luxury hotel development threatening this UNESCO World Heritage Site. As a youth-led coalition with supporters in the Seychelles and around the world (this includes you!), we successfully secured support from over 30 partner organizations and thousands of individuals. Together, our voices helped make Aldabra and Assomption a decisive topic in the Seychelles national election and played a pivotal role in securing a presidential commitment to halt the construction on Assomption Island.
Our petition was delivered to the former government, but sadly, no action was taken. Today, with the new government in place, our focus is on holding that promise to account: ensuring Aldabra and its surrounding ecosystems are protected once and for all.
The fight isn’t over. We need your voice now more than ever. Here’s how you can help:
> Seychellois: Join our community, speak out publicly to share why you care about Aldabra and Assomption. Reach out to us at friendsofaldabra@gmail.com.
> Global supporters: Follow, share and amplify our campaign @friendsofaldabra. Help us by taking action via our partner Chilli to email decision-makers and urge strengthened protection of the islands.
> Journalists: Help amplify this story. Reach out if you want to report on the campaign and what’s next for Aldabra and Assomption.
Every action, from sharing to speaking out to taking action on Chilli, brings us closer to lasting protection for this irreplaceable sanctuary.
Stay connected and get updates on our campaign:
Contact: friendsofaldabra@gmail.com
Instagram: instagram.com/friendsofaldabra
Website: www.friendsofaldabra.org
Chilli Link: https://bit.ly/488pp3M
Download Chilli App: https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/chilli-action-pour-le-climat/id1645549437
The Aldabra Islands of Seychelles are under threat once again. Recognised across the world for their exceptional biodiversity, these coral islands in the Indian Ocean include Assomption Island and neighbouring Aldabra Atoll – a UNESCO World Heritage Site described by Sir David Attenborough as “one of the world’s greatest surviving natural treasures’.
A large-scale luxury hotel development on Assomption has just been approved, with plans to construct up to 40 coastal villas, 4 restaurants, horse stables, and an airport for private jets; bringing 300 staff and 150 guests to this fragile natural sanctuary. The development stands to endanger the ecosystems of this pristine island chain, putting hundreds of species and irreplaceable natural heritage at risk.
We are Friends of Aldabra – a youth-led movement committed to ensuring the protection of these islands once and for all. Twice before, public pressure has successfully stopped development projects on these islands, proving that when people speak up and act, conservation wins. Our generation now has the responsibility to make sure the Aldabra Islands remain protected forever – so no one has to fight for their survival again.
The Aldabra Islands are known for the world’s largest population of giant tortoises, an abundance of marine creatures from corals to sea turtles to whales, and rare habitats like mangrove swamps and seagrass wetlands. Aldabra Atoll itself is home to 400 species found nowhere else on Earth. Local Seychellois and the global conservation community have raised serious concerns, warning that this luxury development threatens to bring invasive species, destroy habitat and undo decades of hard-won conservation progress – jeopardising the integrity of these delicate ecosystems.
Join us in urging President Wavel Ramkalawan of Seychelles to stop the Assomption Island hotel development. We are determined to be the last generation that has to fight for this sanctuary’s future.
Why is this important?
The Aldabra Islands are more than just a globally important ecological treasure – they are a symbol of what we can achieve when we unite for conservation. For millions of years, these islands have been a stronghold for wildlife and a living testament to nature beyond the reach of disturbance. Allowing unchecked development could permanently change this ecosystem, destroying evolutionary history and threatening the survival of countless species.
As a youth-led movement, we believe our generation must protect places like Assomption and Aldabra Atoll, so future generations never have to. By signing this petition, you are joining us in saying “no” to development projects that choose profit over natural heritage. Together, we can secure the protection of the Aldabra Islands once and for all.
Sign now to urge President Wavel Ramkalawan of Seychelles to stop the Assomption Island hotel development. Stand with us as we ask him to protect the Aldabra Islands for good. Let’s be the last generation to protect these islands - so no one has to fight for their survival again.
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