Seychelles is not responsible for generating this waste but face mounting environmental and economic costs. For example, 500 tonnes of litter remained following the initial clean-up of Aldabra’s coasts, which may cost up to US$5 million (£4 million) to remove.
AuthorNoam Vogt-Vincent
DPhil Candidate in Earth Sciences, University of Oxford.
Noam is a DPhil (PhD) Candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, researching marine dispersal around islands in the western Indian Ocean using state-of-the-art numerical models.