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Recent climate change has deeply affected the unique and vulnerable polar and high mountain ecosystems. However, due to limited knowledge, high uncertainty remains regarding similar effects on tropical biotas.
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The VaBiome project is part of a research project tender, launched in 2010 by the Net-Biome network, coordinated by Region Réunion. The network unites all European territories in tropical and subtropical zones. This tender has really enabled a research strategy to be defined and implemented for the ultra-marine preservation and enhancement of biodiversity.
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As part of the e-PRPV (Sustainability & Enlargement of the Plant Protection Network), a delegation of litchi producers from Reunion visited Madagascar last December to learn about their system of litchi production and export. The delegation, which was comprised of members of the Reunion Association of fruit and vegetable producers, visited the Horticultural Technical Center in Tamatave, as well as all stages of litchi production. The visit was organized to encourage cooperation and exchange between litchi producers and exporters in the Indian Ocean.
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Fruit and vegetable producers in the Indian Ocean are threatened by nine species of fruit flies. One of them (Bactrocera invadens), present in Africa (detected in Kenya for the first time in 2003), Comoros and Mayotte, has not yet been introduced to the other islands. Monitoring is improving thanks to the Plant Protection Network (ePRPV), while biological control methods are being studied.
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Can we stop using insecticide on vegetables? Now, thanks to the Gamour project, we can. The project held their final workshop on November 21-24 in St. Pierre, Reunion. The technique targets the flies which can devastate crops of chayo, courgette and other cucurbits. Let's discover these techniques on video.
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