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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…

The pupils of the school of Roura, in French Guiana, on the track of the Agami Heron !

After having learnt about Agami Herons, thanks to a class given by Anna Stier, the GEPOG Project Leader, the CP/CE1 pupils from the eco-school of Roura have given names to three of the five herons that were fitted with Argos transmitters in the Kawi marshes in April 2013. The two males are called ’Blue Sparrow’ and ’Kanapaich’, and the female is ’Excalibur’.

http://webtice.ac-guyane.fr/Augustine_Duchange/spip.php?article126

Follow their movements on-line at the internet site which is accessible via the Life+ Cap DOM webpages.

Classroom scene © Muriel Aïdam 2013
Classroom scene © Muriel Aïdam 2013

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

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