Six lucky Seychellois will have the chance to visit the exotic and hard-to-reach Aldabra now that the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) has launched a video competition to find volunteers to help clean up the atoll.
Aldabra — one of the world’s largest atolls — is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Seychelles, a group of islands in the western Indian Ocean. It is home to a population of endemic giant Aldabra tortoises.
According to findings on Plastic Oceans, over eight million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean every year. These plastics along with other rubbishes are carried long distances by ocean current and many end up on the shores of faraway destinations.
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Source: Seychelles News Agency
