iL-Biodiversity

Legislations

• WILDLIFE AND NATIONAL PARKS ACT 1993
• THE NATIVE TERRESTRIAL BIODIVERSITY AND NATIONAL PARKS ACT 2015

Fact Sheets, Statistics, etc

• Gender and Fisheries (Mauritius)
• Nairobi Convention: Marine Protected Areas
• Earthday.org 

Reports

• Annual Report NPCS  2014  
• Application for Extension and Renomination of Macchabee - Bel Ombre Biosphere Reserve
• Black River Gorges Bel Ombre Biosphere Reserve
• National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan NBSAP-2017-2025
• National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (submitted 18-Dec-2007)
• Convention on Biological Diversity - 1st National Report for the Republic of Mauritius (submitted 29-Jan-2001)
• Convention on Biological Diversity - 2nd National Report for the Republic of Mauritius (submitted 02-Jul-2003)
• Convention on Biological Diversity - 3rd National Report for the Republic of Mauritius (submitted 06-Nov-2006)
• Convention on Biological Diversity - 4th National Report for the Republic of Mauritius (submitted 13-Sep-2010)
• Convention on Biological Diversity - 5th National Report for the Republic of Mauritius (submitted 17-Jun-2017)
• The National Invasive Alien Species Strategy for the Republic of Mauritius 2008-2017

Research Publications

2025

• Mangrove Biomass Productivity and Sediment Carbon Storage Assessment at Selected Sites in Mauritius: The Effect of Tidal Inundation, Forest Age and Mineral Availability. Doodee, M.D.D., Rughooputh, S.D.D.V. and Jawaheer, S. Environmental Research Communications, Jan. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/adacac.

2024

• Land use and environmental degradation in the island state of Mauritius: Governance and problem conceptions, Xavier G.H. Koenig, Prakash N.K. Deenapanray, Land Use Policy, 146, 107332

• Rewilding for biodiversity in Mauritius: Towards Sustainable Development for Small Island Developing States, Pariag-Maraye, Neeve and Roberts, Lee, 34th International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research

• Enhancing Marine Biodiversity: Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture and Coral Restoration Strategies in Mauritius, Nazurally, Nadeem, École thématique. Regional thematic school on the Vulnerability of Reef heritage DIDEM program, University of Seychelles, Seychelles, hal-04740750

• Investigating what students learnt about biodiversity following a visit to a nature reserve using Personal Meaning Maps, Kamudu, Bhamini and Rollnick, Marissa and Nyamupangedengu, Eunice, Journal of Biological Education, 58, 570--587

• Assessing the past and future impacts of conservation management on the population biology of the endangered Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra, Robinson, Theresa, School of Agriculture, Policy & Development, Thesis (PhD), 116875

• Morphological and genetic characterization of Stylophora madagascarensis, Pocillopora acuta, and Pocillopora verrucosa in Mauritius and their thermal photophysiological stress responses, Jeetun, Sruti and Ricot, Melanie and Jogee, Shakeel Yavan and Kaullysing, Deepeeka and Taleb-Hossenkhan, Nawsheen and LaJeunesse, Todd Christopher and Philippart, Gregory and Collard, Olivier and Flot, Jean-Francois and Wijayanti, Diah Permata and others, Bulletin of Marine Science, 101, No 0. 2025

• Spatio-temporal analysis of an invasive alien species, Vachellia nilotica, on Rodrigues Island, Mauritius, using geographic information systems and remote sensing techniques, Sunkur, Reshma and Mauremootoo, John, Indonesian Journal of Earth Sciences, 4, A835--A835

2023

• Remote sensing monitoring of mangrove growth rate at selected planted sites in Mauritius. Doodee, M.D.D., Rughooputh, S.D.D.V. and Jawaheer, S. South African Journal of Science, vol. 119, no. 1/2, Jan. 2023. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/13716.

2017

• Advances in cross-sectoral mainstreaming of biodiversity in Mauritius. Preparatory study for the Mauritius Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2017 – 2025. Houdet, Joel & Sookun, Anand & Tatayah, Poonam.

2013

• Wetlands’ Inventory, Mapping and Land Cover Index Assessment on Mauritius. Mamoun, C.M., Nigel, R. & Rughooputh, S.D.D.V.  Wetlands 33, 585–595 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-013-0415-z

2012

• Drivers of wetland disturbance and biodiversity impacts on a tropical oceanic island. Susan G.W. Laurance, Claudia Baider, F.B. Vincent Florens, Shyamduth Ramrekha, Jean-Claude Sevathian, David S. Hammond,  Biological Conservation, Volume 149, Issue 1, May 2012, Pages 136-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.015