. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa. Indian Ocean Islands Table Conservation areas of Reunion The list below shows existing and proposed sites. Data for Reunion are poor. Existing area Proposed area Reserves (sq. km) (sq. km) Bebour 100 Bois de Bon Accueil nd Bord a Martin-Bras Bemale nd Col de Bellevue <1 Colorado nd Etang de Saint Paul nd Etang du Gol nd Hauts du Bois de Nefles 2 Hauts de St Phillipe 35 L'llot de Patience 5 La Plaine des Chicots nd Lieu dit les Palmistes <1 Mare Longue 1 Mares et du Sommet de I'Enclos 3 Mazerin 18 Notre-Dame de la Paix 2 Ravine de
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa. Indian Ocean Islands Table Conservation areas of Reunion The list below shows existing and proposed sites. Data for Reunion are poor. Existing area Proposed area Reserves (sq. km) (sq. km) Bebour 100 Bois de Bon Accueil nd Bord a Martin-Bras Bemale nd Col de Bellevue <1 Colorado nd Etang de Saint Paul nd Etang du Gol nd Hauts du Bois de Nefles 2 Hauts de St Phillipe 35 L'llot de Patience 5 La Plaine des Chicots nd Lieu dit les Palmistes <1 Mare Longue 1 Mares et du Sommet de I'Enclos 3 Mazerin 18 Notre-Dame de la Paix 2 Ravine de la Grande Chaloupe nd Rempart de Cilaos nd Totals 59 109. (.Sources: Doumenge and Renard, 1989; Stuart a al-, 1990; WCMC, 11/ Uu.) Figure Protected areas in Reunion {Source: adapted from Doumenge and Renard, 1989) 1 Hauts de Bon Accueil, 2 Mazerin. 3 Mares ct du Sommet de I'Enclos. 4 Hauls de St Phillipe, 5 Mare Longue. Introduction - Seychelles The Seychelles archipelago is made up of 115 granitic and coralline islands spread along a 1000 km arc in the western Indian Ocean. The granitic Seychelles group consists of 41 islands and islets sit- uated between 4-5°S and 55-56°E, rising from the Seychelles Bank, a shoal area of some 31,000 sq. km with water depths of less than 60 m, surrounded by ocean 4-5 km deep. The largest island is Mahe, with a land area of 154 sq. km, rising to 914 m in Morne Seychellois, the highest point of the group. Praslin, 35 sq. km in area, rises to 427 m and Silhouette, which covers sq. km, ascends to 867 m. These islands are characterised by rugged granitic mountains, often with smooth bare-rock faces, surrounded by low areas of coastal sand flat and marsh. In addition to the gran- ite islands, there are two other types of islands. One consists of low sand cays on sea-level coral reefs and the other comprises islands of the reef limestone now slightly elevated above the sea. The sand cays are usually less than 5 m above sea level and the
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