It sounds like a far-fetched concept from a movie – an ecological project which sees a remote country trade some of its unspoiled “terrain” for a financial aid package that is backed by four of the planet’s most significant economies and a world-famous film star.
But the plan which is currently taking shape in the Seychelles – an ambitious environmental scheme that, if successful, will safeguard an enormous swathe of the Indian Ocean, as well as the teeming life within it – is anything but silver-screen fiction.
This archipelago nation, which sits just under 1,000 miles east of Tanzania, is better known as a holiday haven for honeymooners and celebrities who want to escape the spotlight.
But its announcement that it will create…
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