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| A SCIENTIFIC MISSION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At the beginning of the 90s, the IUCN - International Union for Nature- launched a campaign to save the forests of clouds, of which the peak of Neblina is part. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| It is in this mind that, in 1997, Jean-Philippe Beau-Douëzy followed for the first time the way marked out in 1967 by the British Margareth Mee, naturalistic painter, who could not reach the summit of Neblina. After this exploratory journey, made together with Indians of the region, he looked for partners in order to lead a detailed expedition. Yves Rocher, that already carried out actions in Amazonia, and IFF volunteered. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The vegetal species of the tepuis grow in a difficult middle. On a ground made of sandstone and sand, the only organic matters available are the rests of dead plants, which form a poor acid peat full of water. The plants, the majority of which are endemic (that is to say specific to this precise territory) had to adapt to the huge temperature differences, to the intense sun radiations, to the lack of food. Carnivorous plants are legion : having nothing else to " eat ", they capture the rare insects going past.
On the slopes shrouded in clouds, where the pluviometry is more regular, where the decomposed organic matters give a richer substrate, the plants are more numerous and varied. The same for animals, particularly reptiles, toads and frogs. And everywhere, at the summit of the tepuis as well as at the heart of the mist, there are unknown flowers and scents The knowledge about these rare environments are still embryonic. An Americano-Venezuelan scientific team is carrying out a detailed study to list the fauna and flora, so particular in this place, before they may disappear. Ecoguide, Yves Rocher and IFF have a common aim : testify, let the public know the mountains of mist and the forests of clouds, involve the local population in the managing of the territory. |
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