“Seychelles: How Scientists Defended the… | Nova AI Stream” — what this page in the network covers. In 1965, the British government announced plans to build a military base on Aldabra, one of the largest and most intact coral atolls on Earth. Seychelles: How Scientists Defended the Aldabra Atoll The scientific community mobilised, urgently documenting the ecosystem and making the case for its protection.
Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to the world's largest remaining population of giant tortoises. This is the story of the Aldabra Affair: how a proposed military installation triggered one of the earliest and most consequential battles in modern conservation history, and what Aldabra looks like now as a result. This expedition was conducted in partnership with G42 (g42.ai) TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Aldabra: One of the World's Last Pristine Coral Atolls 0:45 - Aldabra's Ecosystem and Why It Matters 2:25 - The 19 This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.