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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…

Perceptions and practices in the coastal savannahs

Launched in mid-2012, an anthropological study led by Marianne Palisse, a lecturer at the Université Antilles-Guyane, has, at the start of the year, just been completed. Understanding the life-styles and customs linked to this distinctive habitat is a fundamental first step in integrating local realities, needs and constraints going further developing the necessary methods of management.

GEPOG hopes to investigate the subject more deeply this year, although the methodology is still under consideration. Watch this space!

The final report is available on-line at GEPOG’s website->http://www.gepog.org/sites/default/files/fichiers/act_sci/life/MPalisse_Rapport_Savanes.pdf]

Savannahs landscape, French Guiana, Nyls de Pracontal/GEPOG
Savannahs landscape, French Guiana, Nyls de Pracontal/GEPOG
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Anna Stier
Team Leader
Life+ CAP DOM

Keywords : French Guiana, French Guiana savannas, Bearded tachuri

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