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Point-count censusing (STOC, Suivi temporel des oiseaux communs) has been a particularly useful tool for tracking changes in bird populations in Europe. But, up to now, it has not been used in the French overseas territories. But as part of the Life+ Cap DOM scheme, it has now been adopted in (…)

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After having learnt about Agami Herons, thanks to a class given by Anna Stier, the GEPOG Project Leader, the CP/CE1 pupils from the eco-school of Roura have given names to three of the five herons that were fitted with Argos transmitters in the Kawi marshes in April 2013. The two males are (…)

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On Martinique, both professionals and volunteers are working together on point-count censusing (suivi temporel des oiseaux communs, STOC) in the field. Training sessions aimed at the organisations involved took place at the start of the 2013 season. From 25th to 28th March, the member (…)

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Launched by GEPOG in 2011, the "Heron project" of Life+ Cap DOM has the aim of studying the movements of eight Agami Herons with Argos transmitters fitted to them. Three birds were fitted with the transmitters in 2012, and one of them was tracked between April and November, notably during a (…)

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In 2011, GEPOG initiated the attempts to capture Guinean Cocks-of-the-rocks in the Kaw Mountains and attach transmitters to them, under a Life+ CAP DOM programme. The objective was to estimate the area the birds used (their home range), differentiated by sex, both during and outside the period (…)

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On the 14th and 21st March, GEPOG organised two conferences reviewing the work of Marianne Palisse, an anthropologist at the Université Antilles-Guyane on the theme of perceptions, practices and usages concerning the savannahs. Organised at Iracoubo and Sinnamary, two communes both containing (…)

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Last week, around twenty people participated at an exciting conference, hosted by Nicolas Laurent (Project Leader at SEOR), concerning the Suivi Temporel des Oiseaux Communs (point-count survey) undertaken on La Réunion as part of the Life+ Cap DOM project. Two more conferences are being (…)

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One of the objectives of Life+ Cap DOM is to safeguard the future of the 'Tuit tuit' (Réunion Cuckoo-shrike), a bird endemic to the island of La Réunion and classified as Critically Endangered (CR) by IUCN and Birdlife International (2008), the most important cause of its decline being (…)

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In mid 2012, GEPOG launched an anthropological study on the savannahs of French Guiana, directed by Marianne Palisse, lecturer at the Université Antilles-Guyane. More information is available in this article published in 'France Guyane' on 13 March 2013 : (…)

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A reminder about an unique event: the fitting of three Agami Herons from the Marais de Kaw-Roura nature reserve (French Guiana) with Argos transmitters. Little is known about this bird, recently classified as 'Vulnerable' (IUCN's Red List) by BirdLife International. Since 2010, teams from (…)

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