Journal de La Réserve Naturelle Nationale de St.Martin #32

13 BioHab2 Launched In our prior edition we announced that after Irma, only 20 cinderblocks were left out of the 300 used by the Réserve to build nine “Bi- oHab” artificial habitat structures within the perimeter of the reserve. Even so, the pro- ject has not been abandoned and the Réserve has implemented BioHab 2, with the financial support of the French Agency for Biodiver- sity and the Veolia Foundation, but this time comprising two sites within the Réserve. The staff of the Réserve has created more than a dozen artificial habitats. As technical solutions already proven are once again being used, a new goal this time is to use recycled materi- als. The purpose of these artificial habitats is to provide a milieu with a lot of hiding places, intended to be colonized by the many different species that had rapidly appropriated them in the first version of BioHab. As a result, some of the debris from Irma have been repurposed and contribute to the reconstruction of our underwater biodiversity. Les phases de planification, de conception puis d’implantation de BIOHAB2 ont été confiées à Guillaume Montagne, en stage à la Réserve pour quatre mois, d’avril à août 2018, sous la tutelle de Julien Chalifour. Déjà titulaire d’un DTSM Intechmer et d’un DEUST, cet étudiant de 23 ans - égale- ment pilote professionnel de drone - est actuellement en dernière année de licence pro Gestion des biens et personnes / aléas naturels et gestion de l’espace urbanisé de l’Université de Calais (ULCO). The planning phases of BioHab2, from conception to implantation, were the task of Guil- laume Montagne, who was in training at the Réserve for four months, April-August 2018, under the tutelage of Julien Chalifour. Already holding his DTSM Intechmer and DEUST degrees, this 23 year-old student —who is also a professional drone pilot— is currently is his last year of study for a professional degree in the management of persons and proper- ty/natural risks and the management of urban spaces at the University of Calais (ULCO). Guillaume Montagne Favoriser la conservation des récifs coralliens et des espèces associées / To promote the conservation of the coral reefs and related species