Green Islands Foundation, with support from the Government of Seychelles – UNDP-GEF Protected Area Finance project, has developed and implemented sustainable financing solutions for proposed protected areas on two private islands, Denis and North Islands, in Seychelles.

These will be the first private island reserves in Seychelles and, through the project, the islands will trial and implement novel long term sustainable financing mechanisms to fund setting up, management, policing and research at these reserves.

Steps are underway to proclaim the surrounding waters around North Island and Denis Island as marine reserves, ensuring their inclusion within the national protected area network. Island owners are dedicated to take the lead in monitoring and enforcing these new protected areas in collaboration with selected NGOs and with assistance of Seychelles government.