Projects: Biodiversity

National Plant Genetic Resources (Agricultural Services/Agronomy Division)
Fruit Fly Project Entomology (Entomology Division)

Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Management and Biodiversity: This project aims to restore soil, contain land degradation, and achieve land degradation neutrality.

Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Management: This project aims to integrate the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services into the tourism, physical development, and coastal zone management sectors.

Coral Squad: This project is a youth education program for marine biodiversity. It was organized by National Geographic in collaboration with the American Embassy.

Community based coral culture: This project was recently initiated by the Mauritius Oceanography Institute.

FAO Projects: 

1. Technical Assistance on fisheries management in Rodrigues
2. Optimizing planted forest and tree resources for targeted production, CC mitigation and livelihoods in the Republic of Mauritius
3. Support to the development of a policy and strategic plan for the fisheries sector in Mauritius
4. Technical Support for the setting up of a central database for livestock to render the sector resilient to the effects of climate change and enhance animal production in the Republic of Mauritius
5. Mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions in land-use systems for productive and resilient ecosystems (PPG)

Protected Endemic Sanctuaries:

1. PAN Project - This project is run by the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation (MWF), and FORENA.
2. National Parks and Conservation Service Projects
3. Forestry Services Projects
4. Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO’s) Projects
5. Private Projects
6. Research Projects