Aldabra was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982 as a prime example of a raised coral atoll and is significantly less disturbed than most other atolls in the Indian Ocean and elsewhere in the world.
Vallée de Mai was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1983 as an outstanding example of low- and intermediate-altitude palm forest characteristic of the Seychelles.
Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) employee Daniel Jessy, a fieldworker in the World Heritage site, Vallée de Mai, on the island of Praslin found a tiny frog no bigger than a thumbnail: “Through the corner of my eye, I saw something jump”.
