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August 10th, 2013

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Two conferences on perceptions, practices and usages concerning the savannahs

On the 14th and 21st March, GEPOG organised two conferences reviewing the work of Marianne Palisse, an anthropologist at the Université Antilles-Guyane on the theme of perceptions, practices and usages concerning the savannahs.

Conference at Sinnamary © Anna Stier 2013
Conference at Sinnamary © Anna Stier 2013

Organised at Iracoubo and Sinnamary, two communes both containing a large percentage of savannah habitat, these reviews had the aim of showing to the inhabitants and to those who had participated what had been achieved, as well as keeping up the momentum of work into 2013.

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Anna Stier
Team leader
LIFE+ Cap DOM

Keywords : French Guiana, French Guiana savannas, Bearded tachuri

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