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Commonwealth
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 INSTITUTIONS
Ministry of Environment and Transport
Department of Forestry
E-mail: forestry@seychelles.net
The Forestry Section of the Division of Environment under the Ministry of Environment and
transport is responsible for the controlling and management of the forest resources of the
country. Within the Ministry of Transport and Environment is the Division of Environment
among others, and is headed by a Director General of Environment. The Division is split into fi
ve Sections, namely; (i) Forestry Section, (ii) Conservation Section, (iii) Botanical Gardens, (iv)
Environmental Assessment and Pollution Control and (v) Education and Information Section.
The Forestry Section is the responsible forest authority in Seychelles and has previously
concentrated on production forestry and plantation establishment (FAO, 2001b). Today, the
Forestry Section has changed trend and moved to forest management of conservation areas.
At a higher education level, the country has Seychelles Polytechnique but has no department
on forestry although it has departments for agriculture and fisheries (ASTI, 2005).
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