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August 6th, 2012

All eyes on the White-throated Thrashers’ nests

It’s during the middle of the White-throated Thrasher's breeding season that the action unfolds…
August 6th, 2012

[Video] A slice of life: a day in the field at Roche Écrite

As part of the team of Life+ Cap DOM working for the Réunion Cuckoo-shrike, experience a typical…
July 16th, 2012

[Video] Bourbon Island: sharing nature

Réunion Island, also known as Bourbon Island, was once covered in forests "From where the waves…

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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