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June 4th, 2013

A meeting at the Natural History Museum of St. Denis on La Réunion

Last week, around twenty people participated at an exciting conference, hosted by Nicolas…
June 4th, 2013

Encouraging results concerning the protection of the ’Tuit tuit’ on La Réunion

One of the objectives of Life+ Cap DOM is to safeguard the future of the 'Tuit tuit' (Réunion…
June 4th, 2013

An item on the ’savannahs’ project in ’France Guyane’

In mid 2012, GEPOG launched an anthropological study on the savannahs of French Guiana,…

Action Cock-of-the-rock: the formation of a committee for observation and action in the field

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 Cock-of-the-rock. The association will next meet FEDOMG (the Federation of Mineral Operators of French Guiana) and INTERPROBOIS (the Interprofessional Association for Forests & Wood) to prepare the organisation of a first plenary meeting of a committee for observation and action in the field.

Action Cock-of-the-rock, location of a faeces collector, French Guiana, A. Stier

At the same time, telemetry instruments have been ordered, the first explorations of Kaw Mountain have been made, the monthly report on known sites of nidification on Mount Kaw is going ahead and two prototypes of faeces collectors have already been put in place to study the feeding habits of the species.

Keywords : French Guiana, Kaw Mountain, Guianan Cock-of-the-rock

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