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March 15th, 2011

Action Papangue: the beginning of a territory-wide dialogue on Réunion Island

The objective is to find ways of controlling the numbers of rodents on agricultural land and in…
February 17th, 2011

[Video] GEPOG, a French Guianese association

GEPOG is the Group for the Study and Protection of the Birds of French Guiana. Nyls de…
January 13th, 2011

[Video] Watching the papangue

The Réunion Harrier, locally called the Papangue, is the only raptor on Réunion Island. Endemic…

Latest fieldwork missions concerning Acacia mangium

Between April and June 2015 the most recent fieldwork studies concerning Acacia mangium took place in the four test areas along the littoral.
Verifying the species, pulling up plants or chopping them down, measuring heights and sometimes using geolocators, meant that the teams of volunteers spent several days surrounded by acacias!

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It was an opportunity of study the species speed of growth, enough to overtake and smother the manioc plants if not regularly cleared by the farmers ...

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Anna Stier
Project Leader, Life+ Cap DOM

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