Sentences with phrase «indian ocean island»

The Maldives — that Indian Ocean island group allegedly most threatened by global warming — is building a new runway at its international airport.

French scientists say satellites show a glacier on a southern Indian Ocean island shrunk dramatically in recent decades.

Audited carbon emissions of the 310,000 people living on the Indian Ocean Island were released as part of the country's plans to go carbon neutral by 2020.

The Aldabra banded snail, declared extinct seven years ago, was rediscovered on August 23 in the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles.

We regularly hear of the tribal lands, tribal customs, tribal hierarchy as applied to the Arab and Muslim world, Africa, China, India, Southeast Asia, Pacific and Indian Ocean Island, as well as sections of North and South American society with family as the focal point of social and financial behavior.

The Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka is perfect for those seeking a complete holiday offering a bit of adventure, culture and some time by the beach.

And because it is on the west coast of the Indian Ocean Island it offers spectacular views.

Vanilla Island member Reunion Island continues a market offensive in key European markets with the aim to capture a greater share of travelers coming to the French Indian Ocean island, which is located between Madagascar and Mauritius.

In addition, an exclusive workshop is being held on April 18th, at the Cullinan Hotel, where the Reunion Island delegation and the tourism board has invited their top tour operators and partners to join them to engage in educational sessions about this ultimate Indian Ocean Island destination.

The 12 - day Rainbow Réunion Honeymoon offers a relaxed experience of this romantic Indian Ocean island.

So whether you are looking for the ultimate Tanzania safari with a little relaxation on the idyllic beaches of Zanzibar, or perhaps a Cape Town and Garden Route tour with an optional extension to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, then our friendly and knowledgeable Somak Holidays team can tailor - make the perfect trip for you.

Mauritius Taj Exotica Resort & Spa's new Jiva Grande Spa on this Indian Ocean island culls its signature treatments from more than 6,000 years of ayurvedic tradition.

Outrigger Hotels and Resorts in Asia - Pacific will be prominent at upcoming major travel trade events in Singapore and London ahead of the Mauritius Outrigger Resort and Spa opening on the idyllic south coast of the Indian Ocean island state in December.

Much like the Indian Ocean island that they inhabit, The Zanzibar Collection's quartet of idyllic hotels have an ethereal quality

Much like the Indian Ocean island that they inhabit, The Zanzibar Collection's quartet of idyllic hotels have an ethereal quality that makes you believe that they can't quite be real — but they most certainly are LIKE TIMBUKTU OR CASABLANCA, Zanzibar is a place the very sound of which causes More Comments

From active volcanoes to dense rain forests and tropical beaches, the variety of experiences on this Indian Ocean island just east of Madagascar are endless....

Harri Kallio built life - size three - foot - tall models of the extinct dodo and set them down in Mauritius, the Indian Ocean island from which they were driven to extinction three centuries ago.

On March 28 the remote Indian Ocean island of Nias was devastated by an earthquake.

Outposts painted a vivid image of these remote, pristine Indian Ocean islands.

«This project is not an ecological substitution with an analogous species, like what's been done on other Indian Ocean islands; instead, it's a real reintroduction — the first one of a megafauna species here,» Pedrono said.

The same was true of Indian Ocean Islands.

For example, European sailors ate their way through the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius, killing off the dodo and the local tortoise species.

Rainforests can be found in Asia, Australia, Africa, South America, Central America, Mexico and on many of the Pacific, Caribbean, and Indian Ocean islands.

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Air Mauritius is a key Flying Blue partner that gets you to magnificent Indian Ocean islands such as Mauritius, Reunion, and Madagascar.

Leisure travellers can enjoy direct, daily services to Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Bali and the Indian Ocean islands.

Zanzibar: An affordable destination for a holiday in the Indian Ocean In the gloom of winter, it's easy to find yourself daydreaming about Indian Ocean islands.

Whether you visit Kenya or Cape Town, our hotels and resorts will graciously introduce you to Africa & the Indian Ocean Islands with up to 20 % off our best available rates.

& Beyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge is featured at # 5 in the Condé Nast Traveller Accommodation — Overseas Leisure Hotels (Middle East, Africa & Indian Ocean Islands) 2008

& Beyond Mnemba Island is featured at # 11 in Condé Nast Traveller's Accommodation — Overseas Leisure Hotels (Middle East, Africa & Indian Ocean Islands) 2007

Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture in his capacity as the sitting President of the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands Regional Organization, used the International French Travel Market in Paris to hold a meeting with Mr. Daniel Zaidani, President Conseil General de Mayotte, to discuss the Vanilla Islands and cooperation between the two Indian Ocean Islands.

In the gloom of winter, it's easy to find yourself daydreaming about Indian Ocean islands.

no, we do not have a fleet of resorts in other Indian Ocean islands.

Olsen's new «Warmer Cruising» promotion offers great - value Winter getaways to «Latin America & the Caribbean», «Africa & the Indian Ocean Islands», «Asia, Egypt & the Med.»

Constance Hotels offers luxury accommodation in some of the world's most exquisite locations, including the Indian Ocean islands of the Seychelles and Mauritius.

And Tanzania's other Indian Ocean islands won't disappoint either.

One paper I just took a look at is Church et al., «Sea - level rise at tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean islands,» Global and Planetary Change 53:155 - 168 (2006), which says, among other things, «Mörner et al. (2004) and Mörner (2004) recently drew attention to the potential vulnerability of the Maldives.

Forests in California, East Africa, on Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands, as well as in the Eastern Afromontane region round out the grouping.

In the 19th century the Seychelles Giant Tortoise, much like similar tortoise species on other Indian Ocean islands, was hunted to extinction.

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In 2009, in a case concerning the market for mobile telecom on the French Indian Ocean islands of la Réunion and Mayotte, the French competition authority imposed interim measures on a subsidiary of the French telecom operator SFR because of (alleged) abuse of a dominant position; I use the word «alleged», since the final decision is not given yet (cf. a second interim decision of 24 January 2012, par.

About Blog Travel and wildlife photography from Africa and the Indian Ocean islands.

About Blog Travel and wildlife photography from Africa and the Indian Ocean islands.

Founded in 1975, Broll Property Group is one of Africa's leading commercial property services company with offices in major cities and towns in South Africa as well as operations in Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Indian Ocean Islands, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Swaziland, Uganda and Zambia and provides real estate services in other African countries.

Not exact matches

Malaysia's deputy transport minister says it is «almost certain» that the wreckage found on Reunion island in the Indian Ocean this week is from a Boeing 777 — the same type of aircraft as missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

While investigators initially thought the plane may have gone down quickly in a tight spiral, the debris that washed up on Reunion Island near Madagascar in the Indian Ocean last week suggests that the aircraft may have glided along after running out of fuel and descended slowly into the water.

Danish archeologists working on the island of Bahrain in «the (Persian) Gulf» have now discovered there was lively trade across the Indian Ocean, using the Monsoons, from Yemen and Oman to the Indus cultures.

«You'd have to be a idiot to think that the Moorish Aborigines settled Australia, Papau New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Andaman Islands, and Various Islands throughout Indian Ocean but SOMEHOW THEY SKIPPED OVER THIS COUNTRY.»

Then it was off to Amsterdam and Heineken world headquarters, then Africa again, and on to a small French island in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mauritius.