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July 7th, 2015

A collective success for the conservation of biodiversity overseas

On Wednesday July 1st, in Paris, the seminar on the European programme, Life+ Cap DOM took…
June 26th, 2015

Twenty-six priority sites for the birds of La Réunion

The Birds Directive of 1979 and the Natura 2000 network do not apply in the overseas…
May 27th, 2015

The sounds of the savannas

Between the end of March and the beginning of April, GEPOG and its partners welcomed a sound…

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18 September 2015

The completion of the Life+ Cap DOM programme!

After five years of work, the Life+ Cap DOM programme, supported by the European Commission and the Ministry of Ecology, has come to an end. The actions realised under this project have contributed to halting the decline of the incredible biodiversity found in the overseas territories. The (…)

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31 August 2015

[Video] The STOC in French Guiana

Since 2012, GEPOG has been running a STOC (point count) survey in French Guiana, along with the LPO and MNHN. This participative scientific tool is used to follow the populations of common birds over time, thanks to the help of volunteer observers. Each participant follows a standard route, (…)

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25 August 2015

[Video] SEOR: a look back over the five years of the programme

A few weeks before the end of the Life+ Cap DOM programme, François-Xavier Couzi, Director of SEOR revisits some of the key points of the project. One of the most important benefits is, in his opinion, the setting up not only of a network of 'inter-DOM' activities but also the systematic (…)

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24 August 2015

[Video] Final summary: ’Tuit-tuit’

Five years after the first steps of the Life+ Cap DOM programme for the conservation of the Réunion Cuckoo-shrike, or 'Tuit-tuit', Damien Fouillot, Project Leader at SEOR gives a summing-up of the programme. A look back at actions crowned with success, as the population of the cuckoo-shrike, (…)

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21 August 2015

[Video] LIFE + CAP DOM balance sheet for the Reunion National Park

After five years of the program, Marc Salamolard , Wildlife Project Manager for the LIFE + CAP DOM makes a first assesment.

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18 August 2015

[Video] The Regional Park of Martinique in the LIFE + CAP DOM

Present at the final seminar, Thomas Alexandrine agent Regional Park of Martinique returns to the involvement of its structure in the LIFE + CAP DOM.

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5 August 2015

Agami Heron conservation plan now available!

Following four years of work on the Agami Heron (Agamia agami) and several months of editing with the partners concerned, the species' conservation plan is now available, in three languages: English: French: Spanish :

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31 July 2015

[Video] Cock-of-the-rock: summary and perspectives

Looking back over five years of work towards protecting the Guianan Cock-of-the-rock in French Guiana. Starting with a study period to understand the species better, then passing through the stage of working together with the various economic stakeholders involved, to the construction of the (…)

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29 July 2015

Latest fieldwork missions concerning Acacia mangium

Between April and June 2015 the most recent fieldwork studies concerning Acacia mangium took place in the four test areas along the littoral. Verifying the species, pulling up plants or chopping them down, measuring heights and sometimes using geolocators, meant that the teams of volunteers (…)

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24 July 2015

Taking stock of STOC on La Réunion

In 2014, for the second year running, STOC (point-count) surveys took place across La Réunion. It is not yet possible to draw any significant conclusions about population changes over time, with just two years' work to go on, but SEOR has, nevertheless, been able to make a certain number of (…)

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