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Lamentinois are invited to discover the natural heritage of Martiniqu

How to make people aware of biodiversity? it is a challenge taken up by the municipality of Lamentin since Monday June 7, 2021. Main target: the young generations in the schools of the city. Take an interest in nature and all that makes it live forever if you respect it.



Rich in its biodiversity, Martinique was also a source of inspiration for the poet, novelist and philosopher Edouard Glissant.

Today, the city of Lamentin is working to transmit this natural wealth and to apply this famous thought of Edouard Glissant “Act in your place and think with the world”.

Knowing the colors of nature, its sounds … digging out its traces … to touch the universal. A piece of the history of the island of flowers that has been passed down from generation to generation.

To honor and understand it, the City of Lamentin launched its biodiversity caravan yesterday (Monday, June 7, 2021) for an initiation route to biodiversity.

After the presentation of the IBR (Rapid Biological Inventory) book of the Cohé du Lamentin mangrove in Génipa bay on May 28, this is the new action carried out by the City of Lamentin on the theme of discovery and preservation of biodiversity.

Introduction to the biodiversity of Martinique in the streets of Lamentin.



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The biodiversity caravan

This caravan is made up of municipal agents (Environment and Living Environment department, media library) and biodiversity specialists (DEAL for iguanas and Régis Delannoye for wildlife). She started her journey in the schools and colleges of Lamentin since yesterday (Monday June 7) and until Friday June 11, 2021.

This Tuesday June 8 the caravan was from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Pelletier primary school

– Wednesday June 9 from 8 a.m. to 9.45 a.m. at Place d’Armes college

– Thursday June 10 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Pierre Zobda-Quitman elementary school (downtown)

– Friday June 11 from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the college of Petit-Manoir

The device is accompanied by the presentation of specimens in a bell by Mr. Régis Delannoye, a slide show of the species found in the mangrove, discussions on the role and passion of the naturalist.

It is also a question of biodiversity through tales: texts are read by the media library staff.

The biodiversity caravan also includes photo exhibitions in the public space from June 7 to 30 in order to discover the biodiversity of Martinique in pictures:

+ in Bas-Mission, outdoors on the fence of the headquarters of the Office of Culture on marine biodiversity

+ at Petit-Manoir, outdoors on the fence of the Municipal Technical Services on wildlife

+ at the media library, rue Hardy de Saint-Omer, on cooperation and the IBR (Rapid Biological Inventory) of the mangrove from Cohé du Lamentin in Génipa bay

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