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11. Seychelles maintains import prohibitions and an import permit system for certain goods mostly based on national security, health, and environmental considerations. (...) As of July 2022, the list of import prohibitions comprised 13 product categories, including toxic chemicals (...) while the requirement of an import permit applied to nearly 50 product categories, covering for example plastic items, fertilizers, and alcoholic beverages (...)

13. (...) A permit is required to export certain products. The list of products subject to an export permit is based mainly on health and environmental considerations. (...)

21. (...) Seychelles has limited agricultural land because of its granitic surface and because protected forests cover much of its total land. (...) According to Seychelles' notifications to the WTO, most support measures in the sector have been under the "Green Box", and the majority were for research, pest and disease control, training services, infrastructural services, and payments for relief from natural disasters.

22. (...) Seychelles is implementing its Blue Economy Strategic Framework and Roadmap 2018-2030 with the aim of making maximum use of its 1,358 million km2 of ocean in the most sustainable manner possible. In October 2018, Seychelles issued the world's first sovereign blue bond to attract private investment and finance a transition to sustainable fisheries.

23. (...) Seychelles plans to, inter alia, reduce energy dependency through both public and private participation and ownership, increase energy efficiency, and promote renewable energy sources (wind and solar), which currently account for 5% of total electricity demand. This could also contribute to enlarged security of supply, as well as meeting projected international commitments under the Paris Agreement for 100% renewable energy use by 2050.

29. (...) tourism services rely on environmental policy to market Seychelles as a zero carbon footprint destination. Seychelles has been applying a moratorium since 2015 on the construction of large hotels (i.e. 25 rooms or more). FDI in tourism activities is subject to certain conditions (...)

1.1. The Republic of Seychelles (...) It is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, with extremely rich marine and terrestrial life. (...)

1.3. (...) pressures from the fisheries and tourism sectors on coastal and marine natural resources are reaching unsustainable levels. Seychelles is now refocusing its development around a sustainable blue economy (Section 4.1.4 and Box 4.1) under its Vision 2033, which was launched in 2019 (Section 2.2.2).

1.4. Climate change poses long-term sustainability risks to Seychelles. Indeed, as a small island developing state (SIDS), Seychelles is most vulnerable and greatly affected by the negative impacts of climate change. It is estimated that an increase in the average global temperature of 2 degrees Celsius would be catastrophic for the country, given that over 90% of the critical infrastructure is located along the shoreline. The changing climatic conditions are related to higher temperatures and sea level rise affecting marine and coastal life, and thus fisheries, while beach erosion and coral bleaching threaten tourism; these types of events have a human impact as well. With the aim of addressing this challenge, the Seychelles' National Climate Change Policy was launched in 2020. [6]
[6] Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (now Ministry of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment) (2020), Seychelles' National Climate Change Policy.

1.6. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), (...) "Seychelles has adopted a prudent and selective approach to foreign direct investment (FDI) entry, imposing regulatory limitations" on FDI (Section 2.4.1). This approach "served the country well", due to its size, "the scarcity of land and the need to preserve natural resources". (...)