Speakers:
Dr. Vincent Florens – Associate professor, University of Mauritius
Sharveen Persand – Oceanographer
Karl Lamarque – Tourist leisure boat operator – District Council Advisor
Vashisht Seegobin – Phd student, Ecology

Coastal Ecosystems – The Ridge to reef approach
How all ecosystems are interlinked and how their “health” and resilience is linked to human livelihood and vice-versa
The need to address the issues of coastal management with a holistic approach
The way indigeneous vegetation helps maintaining coastal dynamism thus reducing erosion and other degradations