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        <title xml:lang="eng">Project for the restoration and enhancement of mangrove ecosystems in the Ramsar 1017 site_Biosphere</title>
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            As part of these activities, the NGO is implementing an ecological monitoring program in the Mono Biosphere Reserve. One of the sites monitored is Lake Ahémé. The monitoring consists of a regular bird inventory and is conducted during the day. It is carried out while moving along pre-established transects in the mornings between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. These transects should last between 2.5 and 3 hours maximum
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                    <para>As part of these activities, the NGO is implementing an ecological monitoring program in the Mono Biosphere Reserve. One of the sites monitored is Lake Ahémé. The monitoring consists of a regular bird inventory and is conducted during the day (diurnal). It is carried out while moving along pre-established transects in the mornings between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. These transects should last between 2.5 and 3 hours maximum.
The team will hold a debriefing session in the office at the end of the inventory to organize reporting and data entry.
The objectives of this ornithological monitoring are:
- To inventory the waterbird species in the study area;
- To characterize the habitats of these waterbird species;
- To identify pressure factors and threats to the species and their habitats.</para>
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                    <para>As part of these activities, the NGO is implementing an ecological monitoring program in the Mono Biosphere Reserve. One of the sites monitored is Lake Ahémé. The monitoring consists of a regular bird inventory and is conducted during the day (diurnal). It is carried out while moving along pre-established transects in the mornings between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. These transects should last between 2.5 and 3 hours maximum.</para>
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                    <para>The team held a debriefing session in the office at the end of the inventory to organize reporting and data entry.
The objectives of this ornithological monitoring were:
To inventory the waterbird species in the study area;
To characterize the habitats of these waterbird species;
To identify pressure factors and threats to the species and their habitats.</para>
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            <title>Restoration and enhancement of mangrove ecosystems in the Ramsar 1017 site_Biosphere						</title>
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                    <givenName>Maurras</givenName>
                    <surName>AKAKPO</surName>
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                <role>author</role>
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            <abstract>
                <para>As part of these activities, the NGO is implementing an ecological monitoring program in the Mono Biosphere Reserve. One of the sites monitored is Lake Ahémé. The monitoring consists of a regular bird inventory and is conducted during the day (diurnal). It is carried out while moving along pre-established transects in the mornings between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. These transects should last between 2.5 and 3 hours maximum.
The team will hold a debriefing session in the office at the end of the inventory to organize reporting and data entry.
The objectives of this ornithological monitoring are:
- To inventory the waterbird species in the study area;
- To characterize the habitats of these waterbird species;
- To identify pressure factors and threats to the species and their habitats.</para>
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                    <para>This ornithological monitoring is part of a long-term conservation effort aimed at documenting the diversity of resident and migratory bird species that frequent this lake ecosystem. Monitoring makes it possible to assess the health of the habitat, detect changes in indicator bird populations, and identify anthropogenic or climatic pressures that could affect the site&apos;s biodiversity.
The data collected during these surveys not only contribute to the adaptive management of the biosphere reserve, but also feed into the international reports required under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. This scientific approach ensures the sustainable preservation of this exceptional natural heritage and its avian communities.</para>
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