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During the 24th, 25th and 28th October, Elaguyane arrived to remove the invasive Acacias mangium and crassicarpa near the Maison de la Nature de Sinnamary. The end result of long hours of work in the sun and the rain was 143 trees removed! This total was extended on the 12th November with the (…)

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The Maison de la Nature at Sinnamary, owned by the Conservatoire du Littoral and situated on the coast of French Guiana in what is known as 'savannah country', has agreed this year to work in conjunction with GEPOG as a trial site in the fight against the invasive plant Acacia mangium. Both (…)

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From 25th to 27th September, the National Park of La Réunion, in collaboration with SEOR, is organising a seminar on a Life+ Cap DOM theme relevant to La Réunion and Martinique: the control of rats on a large scale. This seminar aims to bring together conservation professionals, both from the (…)

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The Centre national d’Études Spatiales (CNES) has published an article in its Minimag on the tracking of Agami Herons : Click here to have a look at this issue of the magazine. Anna Stier Project Leader Life+ Cap DOM

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After having placed transmitters on several Cock-of-the-rocks, a team from GEPOG takes us into the Kaw mountain for a day's tracking, looking for this bird which is of heritage status.

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At the beginning of August, GEPOG attended the III International Congress on Biodiversity of the Guiana Shield. The Life+ Cap DOM programme was illustrated by three poster sessions, on the Guinean Cock-of-the rock, the Agami Heron, and the savannahs study. This congress enabled the various (…)

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Experience a day in an area of farmland with those involved with point-count-census training on Martinique. Listen to the words of those involved locally in this Life+ Cap DOM project.

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After two years of intensive fieldwork to improve our knowledge about the biology and ecology of the Guianan Cock-of-the-rock (the discovery of new breeding sites, the study of its food and habitat requirements, investigating its breeding behaviour, etc), the results have now been analysed. A (…)

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To ensure the protection of the Guinean Cock-of-the-rock, a species emblematic of the Guianan plateau, teams from GEPOG continue to work to improve their knowledge of this bird. As part of this programme, putting a transmitter on the birds is one technique used to understand better the birds' (…)

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In French Guiana, several aspects of the Life+ Cap DOM programme are underway on the National Nature Reserve of the Kaw-Roura marshes. One of them is the study of the Agami Heron, which has a nesting colony in the middle of the marshes. The pupils of Kaw school were able to find out more about (…)

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