News

PRESS COMMUNIQUE from SEOR Saint André, the 17th March 2011 Two male Papangues (Réunion Harriers), victims of poisoning, were taken into care at the end of last week at SEOR’s rescue centre at St André. These two birds were found seriously injured by ONF workers, and quickly transported by the (…)

[Read more...]

The setting up of a joint action plan for the Guianan Cock-of-the-rock began with bilateral meetings with the Company of Guides, the ONF and mineral companies in the course of which the association introduced the programme Life+ Cap DOM and more precisely its action plan to help the Guianan (…)

[Read more...]

The objective is to find ways of controlling the numbers of rodents on agricultural land and in the countryside generally while at the same time reducing the impact of rat-poisons on the Réunion Harrier, the Papangue. Several preliminary meetings have already been held by Valérie Grondin of SEOR  (…)

[Read more...]

GEPOG is the Group for the Study and Protection of the Birds of French Guiana. Nyls de Pracontal, the current Director of the association, has lived in the department for ten years. He explains the background to GEPOG and its projects, but also the importance of the fact that he himself is (…)

[Read more...]

The Réunion Harrier, locally called the Papangue, is the only raptor on Réunion Island. Endemic and threatened worldwide, you can find out more about it with Valérie Grondin, project leader for SEOR. Her enthusiasm is the best of (…)

[Read more...]

More about the special "overseas" soiree at Ménigoute. The evening's programme, presented by Philippe Huet (journalist), comprises: Contributions by the coordinators of Life+ Cap DOM and convivial aperitifs provided by the French Guiana Tourist Board and the Rum Society of (…)

[Read more...]

At a special "overseas"-themed soiree at Ménigoute the representatives of AOMA (Martinique), of GEPOG (French Guiana), of SEOR (Réunion Island), of the Réunion National Park and of the LPO will present next October 28th at 7pm, the first European programme for the conservation of wildlife (…)

[Read more...]

On Thursday nearly 200 people joined in a toast to the health of “Life+ Cap DOM”, at a giant punch party. Participants at Ménigoute since its inception, staff from the partner associations and of the Réunion National Park came to present the programme and activities planned on French Guiana, (…)

[Read more...]

In the context of the International Year of Biodiversity, the Regional Directorate of the Environment of Martinique and the University of the Antilles and French Guiana (UAG) are organising an international colloquium entitled : "Biodiversity of the Islands : the Flora, the Fauna and Man in the (…)

[Read more...]