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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,…

Follow the heron!

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 GEPOG, under a Life+ Cap DOM project, have been trying to find out more about this mysterious species ... a real challenge considering the fact that this French Guianan colony (the largest in the world) is only accessible by helicopter!

Suivez le héron !
Retour sur une expérience unique au monde : la pose de balise Argos sur 3 hérons agami dans la réserve naturelle des Marais de Kaw-Roura (Guyane). On sait peu de chose sur cet oiseau, récemment déclassé en "Vulnérable" par BirdLife International (liste...

Keywords : French Guiana, Kaw Marshes, Agami heron, Video, Argos tracking

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