Shoreline erosion and rising sea levels are important concerns to tropical islands whose economy depends on coastal tourism, especially with the threats of sea level rise associated with global warming. This has led to the development of studies to monitor these natural hazards.
Bird Island was approached by the Seychelles Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources' Coastal Zone Management Unit to take part in a national long term beach monitoring programme.
Bird Island’s owner and its Manager were particularly interested to take part in this long term project. This is because in the late ’80’s and early ’90’s Bird Island suffered a major cycle of erosion. As a result the complete rebuilding of the Lodge was necessary as the existing Lodge was being washed into the sea. Over 75m of land was lost to the ocean.
