With more than 32000 mangroves already planted, ELI Africa is now taking its vision one step forward. With the goal of bringing the number of mangroves planted to 100,000, we intend to include the community as well in our mission. We believe that it is the duty of each and

Do the shores of Mauritius represent a danger for the largest mammal? A video requesting Reunionese to boycott Mauritius as a travel destination in response to the illegal killing of whales has made a buzz on Facebook. It depicts the cruelty with which whales are killed in our shores following

The recent announcement of the bat culling is absolutely shocking . When everywhere across the world, people are fighting to protect their endemic species and finding ethical ways to deal with the population, here is Mauritius we are killing them. The flying fox is endemic only to Mauritius and Réunion

Dromedaries (Arabian camels) in a zoo on a tropical island only for people to ride on them? Talk about modern day slavery, that sure sounds absurd and inconvenient for these animals. A camel’s body is adapted to the incredibly harsh conditions of the Earth’s arid regions. A dehydrated camel can

Atmospheric greenhouse gases are crucial; an excess of those aren’t. The direct effect of the latter: climate change- a phenomenon referring to seasonal changes over a long period of time. The history of the discovery of climate change began when natural changes in paleoclimate were first suspected and the natural

Sharks have always been present in the Indian ocean and that for a long time ,this is mainly due to the fact that most sharks prefer warm waters to settle and migrate towards. This applies to the bull shark and tiger shark, the two main shark species that roam around

Whaling Over the centuries, whales have been killed for many reasons. Although the practice of whaling has largely been stopped, certain countries still participate in illicit whaling. In fact, although the hunting of whales is considered as illegal in most countries, there are still some companies that look for legal

The Mauritian flying fox, also known as Mauritius fruit bat is a large megabat species endemic to Mauritius and Réunion Island. Once there were three fruit bat species, one is now extinct, leaving one species each on Mauritius (Pteropus niger) and Rodrigues (P. rodricensis).During the past decade, the population of