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October 23rd, 2013

Uprooting the Acacias mangium at the Maison de la Nature at Sinnamary

The Maison de la Nature at Sinnamary, owned by the Conservatoire du Littoral and situated on…
September 19th, 2013

Life+ Cap DOM seminar on La Réunion: "Large-scale control of rats"

From 25th to 27th September, the National Park of La Réunion, in collaboration with SEOR, is…
September 17th, 2013

The CNES and the Agami Heron

The Centre national d’Études Spatiales (CNES) has published an article in its Minimag on the…

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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