In 1967, Guy Savy and a partner bought a degraded Seychelles island; after restoring nesting habitat, its sooty tern colony rose from under 20,000 pairs to about 700,000
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Guy Savy and a partner bought a degraded Seychelles islandA tiny coral island on the northern edge of the Seychelles Bank was once close to ecological collapse.
Years of commercial farming, habitat destruction and wildlife exploitation had badly damaged its natural environment.
Today, after more than five decades of careful conservation, Bird Island is home to hundreds of thousands of breeding seabirds and has become one of the world’s striking conservation success stories.
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Guy Savy and a partner bought a degraded Seychelles islandA tiny coral island on the northern edge of the Seychelles Bank was once close to ecological collapse.
Years of commercial farming, habitat destruction and wildlife exploitation had badly damaged its natural environment.
Today, after more than five decades of careful conservation, Bird Island is home to hundreds of thousands of breeding seabirds and has become one of the world’s striking conservation success stories.