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Under the auspices of the Life+ Cap DOM programme, studies have been set up on Martinique to improve our understanding of the predators of the White-breasted Thrasher. The objective is to trap the predatory species to evaluate their population densities in one of the bird's nesting (…)

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This will take place from 27th to 29th October at the regional administrative offices in Cayenne. Organised by GEPOG, this seminar will take as its theme "Overseas natural heritage: Management, conservation, enhancement", with the aim of bringing together environmental professionals to share (…)

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Anna Stier, Project Leader for Life+ Cap DOM with GEPOG, reviews the identification of Acacia mangium, an invasive species which menaces the savannas of French Guiana.

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Acacia mangium is an invasive tree, originating from Australia and introduced into French Guiana in the 1980s. In open areas, such as the dry savannas of French Guiana, it is a menace both for the native flora and the fauna. Since 2013, GEPOG, under the auspices of the Life+ Cap DOM programme (…)

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The Life+ Cap DOM project to set up a STOC-EPS point-count study in French Guiana incorporates a protocol ratification process after a trial period has been completed. This trial period ended in 2004, a year and a half after the first data were collected. Some 6000 records have been analysed by (…)

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Since March 2014, GEPOG has been participating in a collaborative undertaking involving the members of the steering committee for the 'savannas' project and the inhabitants of the communes of Sinnamary and Iracoubo. On September 10th, the last of these workshops took place in the Amerindian (…)

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As in Martinique and La Réunion, a STOC-EPS (point-count survey) scheme is being set up in French Guiana as part of the Life+ Cap DOM programme, with financial support from DEAL Guyane and technical assistance from MNHN and the LPO, under the stewardship of GEPOG, the main coordinator of the (…)

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From November 2013 to June 2014, pupils from three classes in the éco-école Augustine-Duchange of Roura have been undertaking a GEPOG association study programme. Since 2012 the association has fitted several Agami Herons (which breed annually on the Kaw marshes) with Argos satellite (…)

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On July 16th last, all the participants in the workshops concerned with setting up a development plan for the savannas of Sinnamary and Iracoubo gathered at the multi-media library of Iracoubo. There followed a half-day of debate centred on the maps of the area, potential areas for development (…)

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To follow on from the sections of land where techniques have been put in place to try to control the invasive plant Acacia mangium in Saint-Laurent du Maroni and Sinnamary, a new and final section has been designated in Montsinéry. Following a stock-take made on March 27th by the two project (…)

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