For the Réserve Naturelle of Saint-Martin, Irma represents an unusual event, whose impact on the flora and fauna remains to be evaluated, both now and in the future.
If the mangrove and the marine milieu have both been damaged, there are still a lot of questions to be asked.
What about the gaïacs on Tintamare? Or the skink, the small lizard recently discovered on the small island of Tintamare, where it was thought to have been extinct?
And the sea turtles that were at the peak of their egg-laying season? And what about the birds?