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  Indigenous forest recreated in La Grande Chaloupe

  05/11/2014 Camille Gilles

  This year, in the hills above Grande Chaloupe, 38,350 plants endemic or native to Reunion have been planted by the Life+Corexerun, whose aim is to restore, protect or recreate part of the semi-dryforest of the island.

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  FORENA : spearheading the organic farming movement in Mauritius

  03/09/2012

  The GEF Small Grant Programme and the Fondation Ressources et Nature are providing funding and expertise to Mauritian farmers who wish to start growing organic produce. Within three years, organic certification has been awarded to one of the program member associations. In Mauritius, there are no regulations governing organic agriculture. The program's goal is to prove that it is possible to be certified organic to EU standards - a challenge that requires discipline, expertise and above all, funds.
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  Wwoofing in Réunion

  23/11/2012 Camille Gilles

  The Bois de Lait farm in Réunion is the only place on the island where you can go WWOOFing, and the farmoffers a warm welcome to WWOOFers from all around the world.

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• Chez vous : dans votre jardin !

  05/11/2014 FDGDON

  Le jardin est une véritable petite bribe de nature dans la ville ou la campagne.

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  Red locusts reveal their colour code

  05/11/2014 Camille Gilles

  From now on, it will be possible to warn of the danger of upcoming locust swarms, basedon the colour of the insects, thanks to a recent CIRAD study of red locusts in Madagascar. The study team succeeded in quantifying the link between locust density and the colour of the different parts of the insects' bodies. These results mean that colour variations can now be used as an early indicator of gregarization.

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