Numbers Gardenia WrightOne of the rarest and most fragrant trees was calculated in the world, on the Small Equatorial Island in Seychelles.
The only place in the world in which the naturally threatened tree occurs on the 72 hectares of the Indian Ocean. The tree is once found on other larger islands in Seychelles The archipelago, but strong wood was harvested for firewood, which led to its disappearance from everywhere except Araid.
A team of eight employees and volunteers for Al Jazeera Preservation Association From Seychelles, which runs ARIDE for biological diversity, spent 272 hours to roam the difficult terrain on the island to determine and calculate rare trees.
They found 2913 trees, or more than 1,000 more than in the previous census in 2017. Some trees had more than 1,000 seedlings nearby, indicating that the species are now threatening on the island.
“It is an evergreen tree that was originally in most of the granite islands in Seychelles, but then disappeared from the main islands,” said conservative goalkeeper Steve Esther, who is Syshyle stationed on the island.
It is not the conservative of ARIDE to be sure that the tree works well again, but according to the director of conservation Emma Coton, one of the reasons is to remove the types of gas fern, which increases the land area that can grow on it.
She added: “It is really good to see the growing population of the tree after the effort we made to calculate all trees.”
According to Esther, Gardeis Wright also benefits from a wet climate in recent seasons on the ARIDE, which the French named for being more dry than other islands.
“We often sit on the beach and see that it rains on all other islands, but not here,” he said. “But it rains much more in the past few years than before.”
The white flowers that resemble the lizard in the tree are decorated with small points of purple and purple after the rains and spread their perfume across the island-and the ocean.
“It is a beautiful little tree. After 10 days of heavy rains and it is very fragrant. You can return to Araid on the boat and you can smell it half a mile at sea, it’s incredible,” said Rob Luking, president of the UK preservation association in the United Kingdom.
Rangers are regularly monitored on ARIDE with a sample of trees to verify signs of disease or attack by insects or invasive pathogens.
The trees have grown in other islands in the Seychelles Archipelago to provide backup if the trees suffer from Araid from a disaster, but the tree does not seem to flourish in the wilderness in the other islands.
There are hopes that you will continue to spread and prosper on ARIDE more now The giant turtle It was transferred to the island. Ten for nearly a decade was returned as part of the preservation program to re -establish these agents of the island’s ecosystems. He joined them recently 50 smaller than young people Individuals of long -lived species.
Turtles play a major role in SeedsIncluding those in Gardenia Wright, while they follow the types of birds on their way to capture insects and invertebrates they display. Also, the turtle prevents small drilling on the arid island, which improves water retaining and opening water sources on birds, invertebrates and lizards.
