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iaorana so I’m going to talk to you about the
rich biodiversity of the fenway as well as
unfortunately threats that weigh
on her
and so there the flower of Polynesia
French includes about a thousand
native and endemic plants
on that number we have 6 years are
unique to French Polynesia over its
six years you recognize
some on the pictures here that me
shoot firecrackers but know that the tiara
apetahi it’s only one there 5 199
others on that number 300 are
threatened with extinction and some
are already extinct at the level of birds
we have about 100 species of birds
of whom about 60 are endemic
own to French poetry recognizes
here here martin hunter the little lob
carproof age of the marquises a puffin and
our monarch
on that number out of the 100 species
of birds known to the French police
thirty are already extinct have
disappeared the area of the globe and on
the few dozen that remains a
quarantine are threatened with extinction
for what reasons is it
these animals and these plants are the
disappearance it is largely to
cause of exotic species
invasive
that is to say both plants or
animals that have been introduced by
the man since today more than one
over a thousand years in Polynesia
why are our islands
Polynesians are so sensitive to
the introduction of these plants
animals
that’s largely because they are
very isolated from the continents very few of
plants could come were able to colonize and
they are often defenseless in front of
introduced species these species
introduced for example are
mammals that was completely absent
local wildlife local plants
also not from generally
pine have no fire and toxic
so it’s very sensitive to a goat a
beef a horse the situation is
identical in the other islands of
pacific or even the Atlantic it’s
not unique to the French police
so what to do to try to
counteract this development of
invading plants and animals that
poses problem to our flora so I’m going
present you some examples of this
which is made in Polynesia so the example
taken is that of the monarch of Tahiti to
hands or in Tahitian on the
photographs you have 2
oizo 1 and the young the juvenile who is
orange the other and adults so that’s a
bird that is also very very
friendly by his singing he changes
completely of the usual blackbird song
or usual bulbul is territorial
that is to say that every year he returns
on the same territories to
reproduce and usually he is faithful
relatively faithful announce to his
importance for the sequel finally it’s a
bird that insectivores so this is
not a bird that will disseminate the
seeds of rare plants
they eat insects on the island of
tahiti more than 200 years ago
they were present since the
sea up to 1000 meters above sea level
today is only present in
three valleys swallowing a moois skin to
punaauia
he will go from europa and pope is praised
likewise what are the reasons
of this stop faction the the main
reasons first of all the animals that
poses problem to this bird there these are
so basically the black rat that has
been introduced 200 years ago by the
European browsers who consume
both the chicks both the waters of
the bird in the same way the harrier of
gould introduced to eat the rats the
mayor of the moles we ate the
wasps are also predators of
louse 5 of the e we have competitors like
the bulbul at the bottom right that will enter
in competition with the bird with the
monarch on six territories as well as
the little fire ant that’s pretty
famous in recent years for his
invasion in French Polynesia
and Tahiti in particular who
consume insects that feeds
finally the goats that threaten
the habitat of the bird by consuming the
host plants or insects
plants on which e
they can breed next to these
animals we also have some plants
invasive
I present to you two only
tulip tree of Gabon which today
represents about 90% of the trees they
are present in the valleys to
monarch that are pretty trees
fragile the bird does not nest in
since when there is little wind the
branches break branches move that
kill a little bit the undergrowth
also because of all the chablis all
the pretty the second species the miconia
the most famous makes him under the woods
completely hermetic to light in
fishing the regeneration of all
species whether it’s mosses or
ferns in the undergrowth and so
somewhere slowly destroys everything
the habitat of the bird what has
been done for twenty years
by the manu association who are trying to
save this bird there so there are some
large deratting campaigns all
the year since twenty years
now campaigns also from
controlling birds thus introduces
trapping of buzzard bulbul merle
and also controls of campaigns
control of invasive species
with particular campaigns
volunteers to do this
so if some of his actions are
performed directly by employees
from the Association
a lot of actions that requires
a lot of time a lot of ways
are made by volunteers
so I will talk to you more
especially now
campaigns done to fight against the
miconia in the valleys in monarch
so for four and a half years that it has
summer but in place we have been able to hold on
close 60 campaign one per month on average
these are eight hundred and thirty people who
have been able to accompany us
fortnight per exit so these campaigns
have been successful it consists of
snatch the feet of miconia
is that you can not tear because
they are too big we will try it at the
base and like any invasive plant
who respects the miconia will repel
if we do that the seae so we treat
with a herbicide product only
the stumps we cut
here are some photographs before our
passage
after our visit the same day the
miconia are cut off are left on
place after a few months they go
completely rot and we will have
the impression that there has never been
miconia in the area we knew from the
departure from these types of actions
that we can hold over time
we had to be able to mobilize
volunteers for several years for
have to hope to have an impact
durable
we were often told it’s not worth it
to attack miconia there are some
everywhere in tahiti it’s growing too fast
can do anything will have to find another
solution so nevertheless we decided to
always continue this project there and so
to mobilize again and again he has
we had to
ned and technical a bit peculiar
since even though we may be good at
plants
I am a botanist from others
are good at managing the birds we have
been very bad at communicating to
starting your first campaign has
simply brings together three people – even
an employee of associations and a member
of the office so surely some
people said to themselves ah yeah that’s it
pity
we will have to come help them
people who wanted to participate in
these campaigns to do something
for the time is black for the time
the bird for their plants which he
was a little sweeter with us and they
successfully implement feds to
through the social networks means
to communicate and recruit
volunteers for four and a half years in
what are the motivations all these
people there you see in addition some
valleys are hard to reach
we have to go back up some waterfalls with
ropes or metal ladders
and down in recall what that
motivate everyone there we will start
by my motivations at least some
certain I will surely hide them
so I participated good at 59 of 60
exits
so I’m pretty faithful to his outings
what is art and motivation
official normally is to save
save the little bird at the start
shibutani so I like to save the
small plants it was my wish when
I was a child
so it’s only by a big
satisfaction but in fact the truth is
probably a little elsewhere
first of all it must be able to me and
this type of exit I like if I do
what these works there I do it first
for me it makes me happy so much better
if it’s nice to other people
or if it’s good for the environment
it allows me somewhere to protect myself
also if one day we end up at
new to three or four for the exit
why are not people
Venus
should I blame them or
no, therefore, my principle is not in
want to people we work I
first work for me to make me
pleasure
we do not actually make a kind of
demonstration or proof by example
we do not give lessons if people
want to come he can without problem
another aspect this is the aspect
emotional affective of the pleasure
instinctive in actually cutting all
miconia to clean the slopes of no
plus leave a single tree trunk
orange on the slope I’m not good
to pass the broom at my house but for
broom in the valley and
cleaned all nests cognera not
leave no I’m pretty talented I
think a lot of volunteers like
well this aspect a little bit name
scientist is completely instinctive
a second aspect is the aspect
sports so go out once
a month a minimum it allows to go out
a little tichy from home in front of
his computer and the volunteers often
tell me since there is an hour and a half
walk one- and-a-half hours
of walking back one cut for three
hours the day on very steep slopes
strong often have they tell me this is
not worth it went to the room that makes
work all and the legs and the
arm so the sports aspect is
indubitable another aspect too
raise the awareness of the population
in any case volunteers give them
keys to interpretation of what is
passes through the valley because most
people are used to being on the
coastline by the sea is mountain
all weert beautiful by far but surrender
not quite account what’s going on
therefore under the idea of giving
elements to explain the dynamics of
vegetation the dynamics of birdlife
it also allows them to take
to become aware of what is happening
from time to time this taking of
conscience is painful
I have a friend to the marquises he told me
jean-françois before you explain me
all that I thought the mountain was
beautiful it was bucolic I was happy
to go on a trip and walk in the mountains
since I explained to him they see
well what’s going on and it’s
completely depressed or almost there
see the thing a lot more sadly
since we have a lot of problems with
these invasive species
volunteers as for them what are
their motivations some have become
in love with the monarch in love with
the bird of his field of his colors
they have they are also very you know a
little bit anthropomorphic since the
monarch plus the birds are banded I
told you earlier that they
were relatively faithful so of a
year on year we are supposed to find
the same couples but actually it’s
do not go that way all the time
the young boy went with the
cougar or the young girl was made
catch by the old one next door so
it’s quite pleasant here in
in any case for people of 2.6
all this another species and re
open the trails so the some
volunteers come from the hike of which
that they appreciate to re open the
trails by cutting the miconia in
reopening the rivers the light comes
at ground level
it’s bucolic again again
pleasant for this to swim
also some volunteers take
pleasure to supervise themselves the outings
so explain to other people
start that’s happening what’s that
happens at the level of an icon there are
birds
so it’s quite a pleasure to see this
Besides, it’s so much it’s also
the pleasure of being in a group is made
something crazy that was considered
like crazy since tackling the miconia
was handmade we do not use
chainsaws we saw a small saw
attacks the miconia was considered
pretty crazy so we tackle in
group to something crazy so be
we’re crazy or we ‘re not so crazy
that besides today we try
to expand our campaigns or tulipier from
Gabon is also doing some
plantations and for that by involving
children in particular
so for all these reasons some
volunteers
in any case the family of some of the
volunteers their friends gets answered
when he invites them the volunteers the
weekend to do an activity
well I can not come because tomorrow I have
miconia next to these motivations
we have some motivation impacts
predictably we have some impacts
collateral the collateral impact must only
not be seen as negative as the
collateral damage I’m pretty proud of
its collateral impacts proud or whatever
I’m lucky to have been there
for living it and for
trigger
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it’s a lot of friendship a lot of people
have come to these outings there without
to know each other
today have become the best
of friends there if they make
activities together well outside the
miconia myself I had several
several friends who come from the myth
cognin whereas initially I was not going
necessarily to meet people
maybe to let off steam and it’s a
other
another aspect we could also benefit
the desire to return to the sources of
most of a lot of people who are
became citizens and who wanted to
go back to the mines in the middle
natural and we were allowed to
find a little bit their roots and
to actions for the
biodiversity conservation
some of the volunteers who wanted
come in particular people from montreal have
mounted their association so
the involvement of these volunteers
in other associations
so those of mourey mounted a
association called moorea
active biodiversity or six songs
she must have bumped me to moorea they have
could also work the same way to
fight do not know me anyway
surprised do you some members of the
office of the manou association are also
came into the office through the
actions against miconia so that’s it
pleasure
besides some members of the office
found a little more than
friendship in his campaigns there finally
to conclude then we see a little
action on an invasive species
major could have had impacts
positive on the natural mail since
in the valleys today at a
monarch we have more forests
half cognin is a little sad
for us because we loved doing that
we will have to evolve but we have
had a real impact also on a reaction
human impact is a combination of teeth
human, we realized that it was the
willingness to save the world that saved
the world saved the spring he initiated us
the action
but what makes us stand for
four and a half years these are all
little things that I told you
on motivations and impacts
so I hope it will have given you some
ideas for doing some actions we have
need of you and your children since
we started planting trees so
it will be necessary to maintain them during ten or
twenty years so do some actions and then
do not forget tomorrow i have miconia thanks
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