2014 ANNUAL REPORT
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Message from SIF’s CEO 2 2014 highlights 3 SIF staff changes and new positions 4 IUCN World Heritage Outlook report 5 Tribute to Professor David Stoddart 6 Vallée de Mai management 8 $QQXDOYLVLWRUDQG&RFRGH0HUVWDWLVWLFV 8 1HZLQWHUSUHWDWLRQPDWHULDOV 9 Aldabra management 10 $OGDEUD+RXVHDUFKLWHFWVVHFXUHG 10 %LRVHFXULW\SODQ 11 $OGDEUD·V39V\VWHPFRQWLQXHVWRH[FHO 12 SIF research Vallée de Mai 13 &RFRGH0HU 13 *LDQW%URQ]H*HFNR 16 6H\FKHOOHV%ODFN3DUURW 17 Aldabra 20 $OGDEUD%DQGHG6QDLO 21 0DULQHPRQLWRULQJ 22 7XUWOHV 24 %LUGV 27 $OGDEUD*LDQW7RUWRLVH 30 3ULPDU\SURGXFWLYLW\DQGUDLQIDOORQ$OGDEUD$WROO 31 Invasive species 33 $VVXPSWLRQLQYDVLYHELUGHUDGLFDWLRQDQG5HGZKLVNHUHG%XOEXO HUDGLFDWHGIURP6H\FKHOOHV 33 $OGDEUDLQYDVLYHELUGHUDGLFDWLRQ 34 5LQJQHFNHG3DUDNHHWHUDGLFDWLRQRQ0DKp 35 ,QWURGXFHGSODQWVSHFLHVLQWKH9DOOpHGH0DL 37 Education and Outreach 46 Staff training and movements 52 Publications 53 Financial information 55 Acknowledgements 56 SIF in a nutshell and how to help 58 AnReport14_finaldraft.indd 1 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His legacy for Seychelles and SIF has been immortalized as we continue to fund one student under the Professor David Stod- dart Scholarship at the University of Seychelles.” SIF Ambassador Maurice Loustau-Lalanne “David Stoddart’s epitaph is Aldabra. The Sey- 6,)&KDLUPDQ FHQWUH $PEDVVDGRU0DXULFH/RXVWDX/DODQQH ZLWK'DYLG OHIW DQGKLVZLIH-XQH ULJKW LQ&DOLIRUQLDLQ chelles Islands Foundation continues the legacy. _6,)$QQXDO5HSRUW AnReport14_finaldraft.indd 6 2016-09-29 15:53:42 :LWKRXWKLPVFLHQWLÀFGLVFRYHU\ZRXOGQRWKDYH “I remember David’s dedication to the Aldabra ‘cause’ happened and I for one will remember him always – which possibly almost bordered on the fanatical!” a s a n i n s p i r a t i o n t h a t h a s l e d m e i n m y c a r e e r . ” Lindsay Chong-Seng Professor Ian R. Swingland OBE PhD DSc “It would take a whole volume to tell the tales of David’s largely, plant collecting expeditions around the Indian Ocean, some of which I was delighted to share, often with trepidation. 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