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September 18th, 2015

The completion of the Life+ Cap DOM programme!

After five years of work, the Life+ Cap DOM programme, supported by the European Commission and…
August 31st, 2015

[Video] The STOC in French Guiana

Since 2012, GEPOG has been running a STOC (point count) survey in French Guiana, along with the…
August 25th, 2015

[Video] SEOR: a look back over the five years of the programme

A few weeks before the end of the Life+ Cap DOM programme, François-Xavier Couzi, Director of…

Follow the Cock-of-the-rock!

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’ movements and their choice of preferred habitat.

Thanks to the Life+ Cap DOM programme, teams have been able to organise sessions on the Montagne de Kaw, where birds have been captured and equipped with transmitters.

Here are some images about what is an ambitious adventure, both for the species and for the association, accompanied on this occasion by representatives from the CNRS.

Suivez le Coq !
Pour garantir la protection du Coq de roche orange, espèce emblématique du plateau des Guyanes, les équipes du GEPOG ne cessent d’enrichir leur connaissance sur cet oiseau. Pour y parvenir, la pose d’émetteur sur des individus est une...

Keywords : French Guiana, Kaw Mountain, The Petites Montagnes Tortues, Atachi-Bakka Mountains, Guianan Cock-of-the-rock, Video

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