Seychelles’ President highlights country’s work to join collective efforts to resolve world’s ocean challenges

President Wavel Ramkalawan highlighted Seychelles’ efforts to join the world in a collective action to resolve the world’s most pressing ocean challenges in his opening remarks at the Ocean Decade Alliance meeting, State House said on Tuesday.

Ramkalawan, one of the Patrons of the Ocean Decade Alliance, is in Barcelona, Spain to participate in the United Nations (UN) Ocean Decade Conference 2024.

Seychelles’ President spoke about the island nation’s sustained commitment towards the protection and sustainable development of its aquatic resources.

Ramkalawan said Seychelles is a small island state surrounded by a vast maritime territory that presents many ocean-related challenges such as the rise in sea levels, coral reef degradation, overfishing, illegal fishing practices, and marine pollution, among others.