Support to the Development of Seychelles National Forest Policy and Legislation - TCP/SEY/3704
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Seychelles is a middle income country, geographically constituted by an archipelago of 155 islands, the main ones being La Digue Mahe Praslin and Silhouette Forest or vegetation cover accounts for approximately 80 percent of the country’s land area Forest ecosystems play a crucial role for food security, human and environmental well beings, for example in maintaining biodiversity and for the tourism sector, a significant source of employment for the archipelago Therefore, the sustainable management of forests constitutes an integral part of the sustainable development of the Seychelles In recent years, forest degradation has persisted due to growing urbanization, agriculture practices, climate change, and advancement of invasive species and loss of biodiversity Against this background, in 2019 the government asked that FAO support the forest section of the Ministry of Agriculture Climate Change and Environment ( in the preparation of Seychelles’ national forest policy and legislation and the inclusive participation of stakeholders in national forestry programmes This project contributed to the preparation of key documents, a new forest policy and a legislative forest act, to ensure local management of forest resources and to fully integrate the forest sector in the national development agenda The results of the project further enabled the national forestry institutions to strengthen and upscale their support to the forestry and natural resources management stakeholders.