Police on site as construction work halted at wildlife spot

BBC England Monday 31 August 2026, 09:35 UTC 1 min read

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Protesters cheer as police arrive to stop construction and order vans and diggers to leave after High Court injunction.

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For decades, the small island of Aride in the Seychelles was treated less as a wildlife sanctuary and more as a source of income. Its forests were cleared for cultivation, coconut plantations covered parts of the island and its seabirds became a resource that could be harvested. Sooty tern eggs, in particular, were collected in huge numbers and shipped to other islands.

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