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Reunion Island: volunteers try to protect the fauna and flora
Reunion Island: volunteers try to protect the flora and fauna
(France 2)
On Reunion Island, volunteers are trying to protect a flower attacked by invasive plants, and to rescue a bird disturbed by nighttime lighting. Reporting.
On Reunion Island, a seabird and an orchid are threatened biodiversity treasures. To save them, some residents are racing against time. With his dog, a man walks the streets of his town in search of young birds, petrels, which may have been stranded on the ground. His dog has been trained to find these birds that are barely three months old, sometimes in places that are difficult to access. Once stranded on the ground, birds are unable to fly away. That evening, bad weather and lighting caused a disaster.
Night lighting in question
Why such a phenomenon? In April, they leave their nest by jumping from the peaks. Guided by the Moon and the stars, they are programmed to land on the ocean. But birds confuse the stars with lighting. To avoid a massacre, municipalities participate in the operation “city without light”.
