Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, among other delegates, prepares for an underwater climate strike at the Saya de Malha Bank to highlight the need to protect the world's largest seagrass meadow within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 6, 2021. Picture taken March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea, 24, holds a placard at the Saya de Malha Bank within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 5, 2021. Picture taken March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea and other delegates sail on a rigid inflatable boat at the Saya de Malha Bank within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 5, 2021. Picture taken March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, holds a placard reading Youth Strike For Climate, during an underwater protest at the Saya de Malha Bank to highlight the need to protect the world's largest seagrass meadow within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 6, 2021. Picture taken March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, holds a placard reading Youth Strike For Climate, during an underwater protest at the Saya de Malha Bank to highlight the need to protect the world's largest seagrass meadow within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 6, 2021. Picture taken March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, receives a placard reading "Youth Strike For Climate" during an underwater protest at the Saya de Malha Bank within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 5, 2021. Picture taken March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, is seen on the Arctic Sunrise helideck at the Saya de Malha Bank within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 4, 2021. Picture taken March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, and arctic sunrise deckhand Lukas Scherhag look for whales through binoculars within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 4, 2021. Picture taken March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, and a Greenpeace team member are seen on the Arctic Sunrise helideck at the Saya de Malha Bank within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 4, 2021. Picture taken March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, holds a placard during an underwater protest at the Saya de Malha Bank to highlight the need to protect the world's largest seagrass meadow within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 6, 2021. Picture taken March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, holds a placard reading Youth Strike For Climate; during an underwater protest at the Saya de Malha Bank to highlight the need to protect the world's largest seagrass meadow within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 6, 2021. Picture taken March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, pulls the hydrophone cable on the Arctic Sunrise at the Saya de Malha Bank within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 5, 2021. Picture taken March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, holds a placard reading Youth Strike For Climate, during an underwater protest at the Saya de Malha Bank to highlight the need to protect the world's largest seagrass meadow within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 6, 2021. Picture taken March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, left, works on the ship within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 5, 2021. Picture taken March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, prepares to go into the waters at the Saya de Malha Bank within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 5, 2021. Picture taken March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea and other delegates are seen on a rigid inflatable boat at the Saya de Malha Bank within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 5, 2021. Picture taken March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, holds a placard reading Youth Strike For Climate, during an underwater protest at the Saya de Malha Bank to highlight the need to protect the world's largest seagrass meadow within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 6, 2021. Picture taken March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, holds a placard reading Youth Strike For Climate, during an underwater protest at the Saya de Malha Bank to highlight the need to protect the world's largest seagrass meadow within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 6, 2021. Picture taken March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, pulls the hydrophone cable on the Arctic Sunrise at the Saya de Malha Bank within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 5, 2021. Picture taken March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian scientist and climate change activist Shaama Sandooyea 24, is seen on the Arctic Sunrise helideck at the Saya de Malha Bank within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 4, 2021. Picture taken March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (L) meets with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on September 2, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Pravind Kumar Jugnauth;Li Keqiang 

Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (centre L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a signing ceremony at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on September 2, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Pravind Kumar Jugnauth;Li Keqiang 

Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a signing ceremony at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on September 2, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Pravind Kumar Jugnauth;Li Keqiang 

Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a signing ceremony at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on September 2, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Pravind Kumar Jugnauth;Li Keqiang 

Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (L) meets with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on September 2, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Pravind Kumar Jugnauth;Li Keqiang 

Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on September 2, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Pravind Kumar Jugnauth;Li Keqiang 

Glass roof of the Passage Brady in Paris commonly known as Little India, which houses numerous Indian, Pakistan, Mauritian and Reunion shops, France, November 28, 2016. Picture taken November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

Inside view of the Passage Brady in Paris commonly known as Little India, which houses numerous Indian, Pakistan, Mauritian and Reunion shops, France, November 28, 2016. Picture taken November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth of Mauritius addresses a plenary meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York September 27, 2015. More than 150 world leaders are expected to attend the three day summit to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda, according to a U.N. press statement. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri 

Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth of Mauritius addresses a plenary meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York September 27, 2015. More than 150 world leaders are expected to attend the three day summit to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda, according to a U.N. press statement. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri 

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) shakes hands with his Mauritian counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam before the start of their bilateral meeting in New Delhi May 27, 2014. Modi was sworn in as India's prime minister in an elaborate ceremony at New Delhi's resplendent presidential palace on Monday, after a sweeping election victory that ended two terms of rule by the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS) 

Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam leaves 10 Downing Street, in central London June 8, 2012. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS) 

Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam (R) leaves 10 Downing Street, in central London June 8, 2012. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS) 

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (L) poses for a photograph with Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, as Ramgoolam prepares to leave after a visit to 10 Downing Street, in central London June 8, 2012. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS) 

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (L) poses for a photograph with Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, as Ramgoolam prepares to leave after a visit to 10 Downing Street, in central London June 8, 2012. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS) 

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) speaks with his Mauritian counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam (C) as Ramgoolam's wife Veena watches, during a ceremonial reception at India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi February 7, 2012. Ramgoolam is on a five-day state visit to India. REUTERS/B Mathur (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS) 

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) poses for pictures with his Mauritian counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam (C) and Ramgoolam's wife Veena, during a ceremonial reception at India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi February 7, 2012. Ramgoolam is on a five-day state visit to India. REUTERS/B Mathur (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS) 

Avinash Treebhoowoon, who is accused of murder arrives for hearing at court in Mapou, Mauritius, January 12, 2011. Three hotel employees were charged in Mauritius on Wednesday in connection with the murder of an Irish woman honeymooning on the Indian Ocean island, its commissioner of police told Irish radio. Michaela Harte, the 27-year-old daughter of Gaelic football manager Mickey Harte, was found strangled at the Legends Hotel in the village of Grande Gaube on Monday. REUTERS/Ally Soobye (MAURITIUS - Tags: CRIME LAW) 

A Mauritian casts her ballot in the capital Port Louis, May 5, 2010, during a closely fought parliamentary election dominated by how to secure the recovery of the Indian Ocean island's economy. Both the ruling Labour Party and the opposition Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) rivals have campaigned on strengthening the welfare state and social justice in one of Africa's most stable and prosperous economies. REUTERS/Ally Soobye (MAURITIUS - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) 

Paul Berenger, leader of the main opposition Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) party, addresses his supporters during a rally in the capital Port Louis, May 1, 2010. A parliamentary election in Mauritius on May 5 will be closely contested but analysts expect reforms designed to diversify the Indian Ocean island's economy to continue, regardless of who wins. REUTERS/Ally Soobye ( MAURITIUS - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) 

Paul Berenger, of French descent, leader of the main opposition party, the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM), addresses his supporters during a rally in the capital Port Louis April 29, 2010. A parliamentary election in Mauritius on May 5 will be closely contested but analysts expect reforms designed to diversify the Indian Ocean island's economy to continue, regardless of who wins. Picture taken April 29, 2010. REUTERS/Ally Soobye (MAURITIUS - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

A general view shows the road between Nouahibou and Nouakchott, where three Spanish aid workers were abducted from, December 3, 2009. Three Spanish aid workers were kidnapped in Mauritania on Sunday, officials said of an attack that will heighten security fears in the West African desert republic where al Qaeda-linked gunmen operate. The three were abducted as they travelled in a convoy through the Saharan state, a Spanish Foreign Ministry spokesman in Madrid said. Mauritanian security sources said the attack took place on the road between the capital Nouakchott and the coastal trading city of Nouadhibou. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (MAURITANIA CONFLICT POLITICS) 

A tourist from Mauritius kisses the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the Old City of Jerusalem March 29, 2009. As the Jewish holiday of Passover draws near, workers on Sunday cleaned out the cracks and made room for more paper notes that Jews believe are notes to God. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM POLITICS RELIGION) 

A vendor sells chillies at a food market in Port Louis June 26, 2008. Ways to improve the continent's food output and deal with soaring world commodity prices will be discussed at the African Development Bank conference in Tunis on Thursday. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

A Chinese man walks past Mauritian and Chinese flags at a Chinese base Riche Terre May 8, 2008. Construction nearby is due to begin "very shortly" of a Chinese mega-project costing about $765 million over five years. Creating a zone for Chinese companies to access Africa, the Tianli project is expected to create 40,000 direct and indirect jobs. But locals fear most of the jobs will go to Chinese workers, and more than 100 locals must find somewhere else to live and farm. To match feature MAURITIUS-CHINA/. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

A Mauritian man tends to his vegetables in Terre Rouge May 8, 2008. Construction nearby is due to begin "very shortly" of a Chinese mega-project costing about $765 million over five years. Creating a zone for Chinese companies to access Africa, the Tianli project is expected to create 40,000 direct and indirect jobs. But locals fear most of the jobs will go to Chinese workers, and more than 100 locals must find somewhere else to live and farm.
To match feature MAURITIUS-CHINA REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

Traditional Mauritian sega dancers pose in Gabriel Island, October 11, 2007. With economic reform and tourism development, land has acquired a new value in Mauritius. Once used as a quarantine station for cholera patients, Gabriel Island was once open to everybody, but a Mauritian businessman now charges tourists to land on the tiny desert island in what many view as a government-sanctioned "land grab". To match Feature MAURITIU-ISLAND/. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

A pink pigeon sits in a cage in Black River, Mauritius, April 16, 2008. Down to just a dozen birds in the 1970s, the pink pigeon has been brought back from the brink of extinction to about 380 birds today. Conservationists say the key to success has been intensive management, although captive breeding programmes were stopped about a decade ago. Today the birds are held if they are sick or if they need to be ringed or electronically tagged for tracking purposes. Picture taken April 16, 2008. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

An endangered pink pigeon sits on a tree on Mauritius' Ile Aux Aigrettes April 16, 2008. Endemic to Mauritius, the pink pigeon was facing extinction in the 1970s with just a dozen or so birds remaining. Almost going the way of the dodo several centuries before, the pink pigeon suffered following the introduction of new predators such as rats and monkeys and the loss of natural habitat. Intensive conservation has slowly brought the pink pigeon back from the edge, with almost 400 birds in the wild. Picture taken April 16, 2008. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

A Mauritian man rides his motorbike past Mauritius' central bank in the capital Port Louis, September 18, 2007. Mauritian banking has been one of the Indian Ocean island's success stories in the past 15 years, boosted by a tax treaty with India. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

Jason Malham, a New Zealander who has coordinated parakeet work for the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, descends from a tree after checking the nesting site of a Mauritius Echo Parakeet Black River Gorge national park September 11, 2007. In the 1980s, there were only about 10 left alive. But, in a rare success story, a two-decade conservation programme in a wooded corner of Mauritius has brought the Echo Parakeet back from the brink of extinction. It is one of the only good news stories in Wednesday's IUCN Red List -- a list of threatened species compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources -- which downgraded the species to "Endangered" from "Critically Endangered" in its last report. Picture taken September 11, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

A Mauritius Echo Parakeet rests in Black River Gorge national park September 11, 2007. In the 1980s, there were only about 10 left alive. But, in a rare success story, a two-decade conservation programme in a wooded corner of Mauritius has brought the Echo Parakeet back from the brink of extinction. It is one of the only good news stories in Wednesday's IUCN Red List -- a list of threatened species compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources -- which downgraded the species to "Endangered" from "Critically Endangered" in its last report. Picture taken September 11, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

Gabi Steindl, a kite surfer from Austria, kite surfs in Le Morne in south-west Mauritius July 24, 2007. Her blond hair dripping with salt water, top Austrian kitesurfer Gabi Steidl cuts through the translucent, emerald green waves of the Indian Ocean. Kitesurfing -- a hi-tech hybrid of surfing and kite-flying -- is fast winning converts: riders harnessed to kites who stand on boards and skim, surf or even leap, often hanging in the air for several seconds. Picture taken July 24, 2007. To match feature MAURITIUS-KITESURF/ REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

Passengers disembark a Catovair airliner at the Rodrigues airport, May 30, 2007. A small Mauritian airline company flew its last commercial flight on Wednesday, highlighting what critics see as a possible government intention to curb the firms of European descendants. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

Nik Cole, a British reptile expert with funding from his government?s Darwin Initiative, shows a recently released skink in Ile Aux Aigrettes, a small, wooded island less than one kilometre from the Mauritian mainland's southern coast March 8, 2007. In recent months, some 260 skinks ? a forearm-length brown-grey lizard found mostly in the undergrowth - have been taken from another island where they are plentiful and returned to Ile Aux Aigrettes where they lived hundreds of years ago. Picture taken Marcn 8, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

Ashok Khadun, from the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, shows a baby to an Aldabran giant tortoise on Mauritius' Ile Aux Aigrettes, a small, wooded island less than one kilometre (0.6 miles) from the Mauritian mainland's southern coast March 8, 2007. Mauritius evolved without humans, and the arrival of the Portuguese, Dutch, French, and British from the 16th century onwards was a disaster for wildlife including the world?s most famous flightless bird, the dodo, and other animals. Mauritius did once have two species of its own giant tortoises, but the gentle beasts on Ile Aux Aigrettes, weighing an average 200 to 250 kilograms, are from the Seychellois island of Aldabra. Picture taken Marcn 8, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

A tiny Mauritius Fody which benefits from protection and supplementary feeding in Ile Aux Aigrettes, a small, wooded island less than one kilometre (0.6 miles) from the Mauritian mainland's southern coast, is seen in Ile Aux Aigrettes March 8, 2007. Safe from predators, two critically endangered and endemic species the Mauritius Fody and the hefty Pink Pigeon have had their numbers increased to a few hundred each from just a handful. In the past twenty years, Mauritius has also saved the Echo Parakeet and the Mauritius Kestrel which down to four birds was the world's rarest in 1974, but has been boosted to 1,000 free-flying kestrels at present, MWF officials say. Picture taken Marcn 8, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

Mauritian sugar planter Suryadev Benee, 45, stands in his sugar plantation in Grand Sable, eastern coast, 50km (32 miles) from the capital, Port Louis February 27, 2007. Benee does not follow the intricacies of European agricultural policy, but he knows about his sugar. And the 45 year-old father of three -- whose father was also a planter -- is worried by Europe's decision to slash its preferential sugar prices by 36 percent over four years. More than three decades ago, in 1975, Europe signed a sugar deal with nineteen African, Caribbean and Pacific countries to trade agreed quantities of sugar at guaranteed prices. Picture taken on February 27, 2007. TO MATCH FEATURE MAURITIUS SUGAR. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS) 

Mauritian sugar planter Suryadev Benee, 45, stands in his sugar plantation in Grand Sable, eastern coast, 50km (32 miles) from the capital, Port Louis February 27, 2007. Benee does not follow the intricacies of European agricultural policy, but he knows about his sugar. And the 45 year-old father of three -- whose father was also a planter -- is worried by Europe's decision to slash its preferential sugar prices by 36 percent over four years. More than three decades ago, in 1975, Europe signed a sugar deal with nineteen African, Caribbean and Pacific countries to trade agreed quantities of sugar at guaranteed prices. Picture taken on February 27, 2007. TO MATCH FEATURE MAURITIUS SUGAR. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)