What do YOU think belongs on and around a pristine, wild island? Sea turtles, migrating whales and giant Aldabra tortoises? Or a six-star luxury resort accessible only by private jet?
If you said WILDLIFE, we agree! 🐢🌊
But right now, on Assomption Island, just 25 miles from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Aldabra Atoll, a Qatari-funded Rosewood resort is being built - destroying fragile ecosystems, violating local laws, and ignoring local communities and science.
Last month, we received shocking evidence of: ⚠️ Illegal coastal dredging ⚠️ A giant tortoise killed by construction machinery ⚠️ Reports of plans to import soil and plants - risking the introduction of invasive species and violating Environmental Impact Assessment guidelines.
This isn’t just about one island. The ocean is connected, and what’s lost here affects biodiversity, climate, and our shared future - no matter where you live.
💥 We can still stop this. But time is running out. 📲 Go to the link in our bio to take action — we’ve made it easy. Comment. Send an email. Speak out.
Let’s show the world that some places are not for sale. 🌍✊
#FriendsOfAldabra #ProtectAldabra #SomePlacesAreNotForSale #ClimateAction #Biodiversity
Friends of Aldabra is taking legal action.
Today, we filed a constitutional petition to challenge the Assomption Island hotel development — to safeguard Aldabra and Assomption, and to defend the right of every Seychellois to a clean, healthy, and ecologically balanced environment (Article 38).
This is bigger than Aldabra and Assomption. It’s about defending principles and protecting the places we love, which belong to all Seychellois — past, present, and future.
We’re calling on youth, civil society, and environmental defenders in Seychelles and beyond to stand with us.
@victoria_duthil@move_with_lucie@seychellesatheart
#ProtectAldabra #ProtectAssomption #Seychelles
Help us stop the construction and protect the Aldabra Islands once and for all! Add your voice to the petition in our bio! ✍️ #FriendsOfAldabra #UNESCO
Different oceans. Same story. 🌍🌊
From The Bahamas to the Seychelles, fragile island ecosystems are being sacrificed for luxury developments marketed as “sustainable.”
Local concerns are ignored while nature pays the price and luxury brands make it look environmentally responsible.
@rosewoodhotels isn’t just associated with these developments. Their brand is what makes them viable. Rosewood brings operational credibility, a sustainability story and the seductive power of luxury to projects threatening to destroy some of the world’s most fragile and most precious island ecosystems. Apparently, that’s enough to make environmental destruction disappear from the conversation. Not on our watch. 👀
Together, @saveexumaalliance and @friendsofaldabra are calling on Rosewood Hotels to withdraw - publicly and in writing - from the developments at Sampson Cay and Assomption Island. Because some places should never become hotel backdrops.
You can help! Tell Rosewood to cut ties with these developments by:
💬 Commenting on Rosewood posts
📧 Emailing: [email protected]
✊ Taking action via the link in our bio
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“Nothing really prepared me for Aldabra.” 🐋🌊🐢
In this episode, @sey_saltylocs shares her first impressions of Assomption and Aldabra — from the unreal shades of blue surrounding the islands, to seeing sand dunes, blacktip sharks and even a dugong before reaching the atoll itself. 💙
For many Seychellois, Aldabra feels almost mythical. So remote that it barely feels real until you experience it for yourself.
And then suddenly:
🦈 Blacktips circling the boat
🩵 Water so blue it doesn’t look real
🪸 Endless coral reefs
🌟 A dugong appearing out of nowhere
Aldabra is often called the crown jewel of Seychelles. And the closer you get, the more you realise why: this is still a world where nature reigns. 👑
Over the next episodes, Frances will continue sharing what it’s really like to experience one of the wildest and most extraordinary places in the world. 🇸🇨
💬 What would YOU be most excited to see on Aldabra?
#ProtectAldabra #ProtectAssomption #Seychelles
Assomption Island and Aldabra Atoll are home to some of the most extraordinary wildlife on Earth. And they’re all watching @rosewoodhotels .
We are calling on Rosewood to withdraw from the Assomption Island hotel development - publicly and in writing.
You can help! Tell Rosewood to cut ties with the Assomption development by:
→ Commenting on Rosewood posts
→ Emailing: [email protected]
→ Taking action via the link in our bio
Nature is paying attention. So are we.
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#ProtectAldabra #ProtectAssomption
The aesthetic you didn’t know you needed 🦋🐋🪸🌊
Before moodboards, there was nature. Across every discipline… art, design, science, engineering, architecture… nature figured it out first. We see it in the clothes we wear, the spaces we inhabit, scientific discoveries, the art we create, the medicine that heals us.
This isn’t just beauty…it’s intelligence. Every colour, pattern and structure you see here has a function, shaped by evolution over thousands of years.
Thanks to its remoteness, Aldabra - Seychelles’ crown jewel - has been quietly perfecting its palette and biointelligence. But since 2024 a luxury resort threatens to risk it all. Do we really need to turn one of the world’s last living laboratories into another playground for the ultra-rich?
#ColoursofAldabra: every shade is alive. #ProtectAldabra #ProtectAssomption #Seychelles
Apparently, this is the Rosewood Hotels & Resorts playbook:
1️⃣Start with pristine nature.
2️⃣Destroy it and turn it into a construction site.
3️⃣Call it “sustainable luxury.”
Rosewood isn’t the developer, but their brand is what makes these projects viable, bringing ‘credibility’ and a sustainability narrative to developments in The Bahamas and Seychelles.
We are calling on @rosewoodhotels to withdraw from these projects - publicly and in writing.
You can help! Tell Rosewood to cut ties with these developments by:
→ Commenting on Rosewood posts
→ Emailing: [email protected]
→ Taking action via the link in our bio
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#ProtectAldabra #ProtectAssomption #SaveExuma
⏳ If you live in Seychelles, this post is for you! You have 2 days left to have your say on the future of Aldabra’s waters. 🌊
Over 200,000 km² of ocean surrounds the Aldabra Group - some of the most abundant waters in the world. Right now, Seychelles is deciding how to manage them for the next five years. And you can help shape that decision.
Swipe through to learn what the Aldabra Marine Management Plan covers, what feedback you can give, and exactly how to submit it. 👉
Yes, there’s a document to read. And yes, the feedback form is long. But don’t let that stop you: your thoughts matter! Fill in what you can and skip what you can’t. And if the form feels like too much? Just send a short email directly to: [email protected]. Every voice counts.
The deadline is 8 May (This Friday!). Don’t let it pass without making your voice heard.
📖 Read the abridged plan: bit.ly/3QImcSx
📄 Read the full plan: bit.ly/42G0YHn
📋 Google Form: bit.ly/3OJN04d
📄 Word Doc: bit.ly/48yRMIk
📧 Or simply email: [email protected]
Aldabra needs your voice. 🪸🦈🦀🐋🐬🐠🪼🦩🦎🐢🐟🐚
#ProtectAldabra #ProtectAssomption OceanProtection #MarineConservation #Seychelles
On World African Heritage Day, we pay homage to our African heritage that lives within Seychelles, in our culture, our traditions, and our identity. 🇸🇨
From the rhythm of Moutya to the preserved beauty of our UNESCO World Heritage sites, the Vallée de Mai and Aldabra Atoll.
It’s a heritage we honour not only by remembering, but protecting our culture, traditions, and environment that makes up our islands.
Happy World African Heritage Day 🌍🤍
Image attribution: Aldabra Atoll (Seychelles), Ron Van Oers, WHC
#worldafricanheritageday #visitseychelles #unescoworldheritage #creoletravelservices #seychelles
There are places where we must draw the line. Aldabra Atoll is one of them. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Home to 400+ endemic species. One of the last ecosystems on Earth still free from direct human impact.
Assets Group, a Qatari developer, wants to build a 6-star hotel 27km from it. And they’ve brought in @rosewoodhotels to make it look like it is being done responsibly.
Rosewood isn’t just associated with this project. Their brand is what makes it viable: Rosewood brings operational credibility, a sustainability story, and the seductive power of luxury. Apparently, that’s enough to make environmental destruction disappear from the conversation. Not on our watch.
What Rosewood’s brand can’t hide: a gravely injured giant tortoise, scientists in court opposing the development and local Seychellois communities saying clearly: not here, not like this.
The same pattern is playing out in The Bahamas, where @saveexumaalliance is fighting a Rosewood-backed development threatening the coral reefs and seagrass meadows of the Exumas.
Rosewood: your sustainability report means nothing if this is what it stands behind. Walk your talk and withdraw from these projects.
Tell Rosewood to cut ties with these developments by:
→ Commenting on Rosewood posts
→ Emailing: [email protected]
→ Taking action via the link in our bio
#ProtectAldabra #ProtectAssomption #SaveExuma
🖐️ Stop scrolling. The ocean around Aldabra needs you. And you’ve got until 8 May!
Seychelles is finalising a management plan for over 200,000 km² of ocean surrounding Aldabra, Assomption, Cosmoledo and Astove. It’s one of the last places on earth where the ocean is still truly thriving. Fish, sharks, rays, whales. Waters that are still wild. 🐋🐠🪸🦈🐬🐚🐟🪼
This plan decides how all of it gets managed for the next five years. And right now - for just a few more days - you can help shape it. 🌊
This is what real involvement in conservation policy looks like. Whether you’re an ocean lover, a young Seychellois, a scientist, a fisher, or someone who simply cares about what happens to these waters: your voice belongs in this conversation.
Read the 14-page abridged version. Submit your feedback. That’s it.
The full version is also available for anyone who would like to read it: https://bit.ly/42G0YHn
This document was written by two experienced Seychellois marine experts and was built through extensive conversations with stakeholders. This is your chance to add your thoughts and feedback to this important document that will shape the way this incredible area is managed over the next 5 years.
📅 Deadline: 8 May 2026
🔗 Read the abridged version: https://bit.ly/4tO2bsi (Link in bio)
🔗 Complete feedback form: https://bit.ly/48yRMIk (Link in bio)
📧 & Email it to: [email protected]
In a few days we’ll be sharing the key points worth flagging in your feedback. Stay tuned!
#ProtectAssomption #ProtectAldabra #MarineConservation #OceanProtection #Seychelles
