Land use: arable land: 4% permanent crops: 18% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 18% other: 60%
Irrigated land: NA sq km
Environment:
current issues: no natural fresh water resources, catchments collect
rain water
natural hazards: lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are
rare; short droughts possible
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping,
Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling;
signed, but not ratified - Desertification
Note: 40 granitic and about 50 coralline islands
@Seychelles:People
Population: 72,709 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 32% (female 11,630; male 11,811)
15-64 years: 62% (female 23,229; male 21,679)
65 years and over: 6% (female 2,875; male 1,485) (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.81% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 21.35 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate: 6.7 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)