Sustainability for Seychelles (S4S), a non-governmental organisation, intends to expand on the air quality monitoring project it started last November to gain a clearer picture of how good the island nation's air quality is and determine where action should be taken.
Sustainability for Seychelles , a non-governmental organisation, intends to expand on the air quality monitoring project it started last November to gain a clearer picture of how good the island nation's air quality is and determine where action should be taken.
For this project, S4S has installed several sensors on the three main islands of the Seychelles; Mahe, Praslin and La Digue. Air quality is measured with the Air Quality Index , which works like a thermometre from 0 to 500 degrees. Instead of showing changes in the temperature, it shows changes in the amount of pollution in the air - classified in colours and is based on measurement of particulate matter .
"Almost all of the PM2.5 pollutants come from combustion activities, and we know that the number of registered road vehicles has doubled over the last 8 years, our electricity consumption has more than doubled since 2000, the number of flights and shipping has all doubled. This is a natural consequence of the growth of our economy, and no one wishes to be 50 percent worse off for sure," Sam added.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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