Uncontrolled collection and development.

To make matters worse many of the endemic species were also collected and use for various purposes e.g. as medicine and in the construction and craft industries. The unchecked exploitation of these resources has led to the extinction of many species, for example Bwa marmay, and has driven many others to the very brink of it.

To date a total of eight species have already been registered as extinct, 28 as endangered and 22 as vulnerable and the rest as rare. During the last 25 years rapid development has taken place on the granitic islands of Seychelles thereby intensifying the assault on the remaining wild and forested land.

There is a forever increasing need for more land to meet the basic needs of the local population and tourists.