CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Although Aldabra is one of several such marine hotspots in Seychelles, it is by far the largest in the region and renowned at a global level.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aldabra Islands, atoll, one of the world’s largest, in the Indian Ocean about 600 miles (1,000 km) southwest of the Seychelles group, and part of the Republic of the Seychelles.

Detailed explanation-3: -Criterion (x): Aldabra provides an outstanding natural laboratory for scientific research and discovery. The atoll constitutes a refuge for over 400 endemic species and subspecies (including vertebrates, invertebrates and plants). These include a population of over 100,000 Aldabra Giant Tortoise.

Detailed explanation-4: -Around 20 Million years ago volcanic activity created an island in the west Indian Ocean of which Aldabra Atoll would much later become a remnant. Around 300,000 years ago coral reef limestone built up in the coastal shallows around this volcanic island….

Detailed explanation-5: -The ecoregion occupies the island of Aldabra, one of the largest atolls in the world. This is an isolated coral atoll approximately 400 km northwest of Madagascar, 680 km east of the African Mainland, and 1,100 km southwest of the main island group of the Seychelles.