Federation of American Scientists (http://www.fas.org)
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) “is the oldest organization dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race, achieving complete nuclear disarmament, and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons for any purpose.” Whatever one’s views are on its goals, a search of the site yields valuable information on a country’s armament found only with difficulty elsewhere.
Garden of Eden (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eden/)
"‘Garden of Eden,' originally broadcast on November 28, 2000 [on the PBS program Nova]. The film takes a look at the extraordinary natural history of the Seychelles, an ancient archipelago of about 100 islands scattered between India and Madagascar." Links
to related sites about the geological history and natural history of region are
offered.
Network
Startup Resource Center, NSRC (Eugene, Oregon) (http://www.NSRC.org/db/lookup/ISO=SC)
Presents links to sites with documents about the development of the Internet in the Seychelles.
Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) (http://www.agricta.org/partners/mamr/SFA.htm)
Offers information about this key industry and a list of the publications as well as statistics issued by the SFA.
Seychelles Islands Foundation (http://www.sif.sc/sif/frm%5Fsif.htm)
"Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) manages and protects the World Heritage Sites of Aldabra and Vallée de Mai. The foundation was established as a public trust in 1979, with the President of Seychelles as patron. The Board of trustees, appointed by the President, has 14 members, including not less than five representing organizations concerned with the conservation of wildlife and natural history or national academics of science."
Seychelles Marine Conservation Expedition (http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/aba60/index.shtml)
"The site for information on marine biodiversity and conservation in the Seychelles."
Seychelles. Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources (http://www.agricta.org/partners/mamr/)
This ministry states its mission as "the optimisation of the resources at our disposal for the provision of an efficient service to the farmers of Seychelles, so as to promote output, growth and sustainable agricultural development, through the identification and promotion of crop varieties, adapted technologies, and farming methods that will maximise the limited land resources more efficiently, increasing agricultural contribution to GDP, reducing the food import dependency ratio by increasing local production, ensuring a reasonable return to farmers and in the process having due regards to the need to protect the environment."
Seychelles. Ministry of Information Technology and Communication (http://www.seychelles.net/misd/)
Its mission is "to assist and encourage informed decision-making, research and discussions within government and community, by providing high quality, user-oriented, a dynamic computer systems Development and Statistical service; to actively coordinate the computer and statistical activities across government agencies and promote the use of computer and statistical standards."
World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/en/)
The official site of the WHO offers text in English, French or Spanish on its mission and health initiatives, programs and warnings world wide.
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