Université de La Réunion

April 16, 2005 on the island of Grande Comore, the Karthala volcano wakes up after 14 years of sleep. The consequences of this are catastrophic eruption: water well and part of the island are overgrown with ash.

The Laboratory of Earth Sciences of the University of Reunion Island, in collaboration with the Observatory of Karthala Volcanological, implement scientific missions to understand the operation of this volcano and prevent breakouts.

16 avril 2005 sur l'île de Grande Comores, le volcan Karthala se réveille après 14 ans de sommeil. Les conséquences de cette éruption sont catastrophiques : les puits d'eau et une partie de l'île sont envahis par la cendre.

Le Laboratoire des Sciences de la Terre de l'Université de La Réunion, en collaboration avec l'Observatoire Volcanologique du Karthala, mettent en place des missions scientifiques pour comprendre le fonctionnement de ce volcan et d'en prévenir les éruptions.

16 de de abril de 2005, en la isla de Gran Comora, el volcán Karthala se despierta después de 14 años de sueño. Las consecuencias de esto son erupción catastrófica: pozo de agua y parte de la isla están cubiertas de cenizas.

El Laboratorio de Ciencias de la Tierra de la Universidad de La Reunión, en colaboración con el Observatorio Vulcanológico de Karthala, implementar misiones científicas para entender el funcionamiento de este volcán y prevenir brotes de acné.

Le projet Run Sea Science, financé par l’Union Européenne et mis en œuvre par l’IRD s’est appuyé sur quatre activités principales : amélioration des capacités matérielles, amélioration des capacités humaines, échanges d’expériences avec création d’un réseau de chercheurs et participation au réseau de recherche à travers l’organisation d’un séminaire sur l’Aquaculture et l’organisation du 6ème congrès WIOMSA.

Ce film documentaire montre les quatre axes principaux de recherche développés par les partenaires de RUN Sea Science, de l’étude de la biodiversité à travers la génétique et la conservation de la biodiversité à l’aquaculture en passant par l’étude du comportement grâce à la méthode de marquage et l’acidification des océans sous surveillance. Actions de terrain, échantillonnage, travail en laboratoire, analyse des résultats, les activités des chercheurs se succèdent sur les côtes réunionnaises et dans les centres de recherche partenaires.

Ce projet, particulièrement original dans sa conception, aura permis de démontrer que les équipes de recherche publiques et privées liées au monde marin à la Réunion travaillent ensemble. Mieux, que leur coopération sur les nombreux thèmes de recherche développés avec le soutien de RUN Sea Science apportait un plus indéniable à l’avancée des travaux.

En améliorant les capacités matérielles et humaines des établissements de recherche de La Réunion, en diffusant leurs travaux et en créant un réseau de chercheurs océan Indien et Europe, le projet RUN Sea Science aura démontré l’importance de la mise en place du Pôle Régional Mer à La Réunion.

Classed vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the marine turtles represent one of the emblematic species of a declining worldwide bio diversity.

They constitute a major priority in terms of sustainable development of the natural resources of the regions that hold them.

Their preservation depends upon our comprehension of their way of life and their needs, whether this be in terms of space or feeding resources.

In the framework of her PhD at the Reunion Island University, Katia Ballorian takes us with her and the NCSR laboratories in Strasbourg, to the sloping coral reefs of Reunion Island. Her mission is to complete the still rather fragmented knowledge on the feeding behavior of the Green Turtles living along the coastline of Reunion Island.

Katia will be helped in her project by researchers, students and technicians of the IPHC of the NCSR in Strasbourg, as well as by; Kélonia, IFREMER, the laboratory of Marine Ecology of Reunion Island University and the Marine Reserve.

Classed vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the marine turtles represent one of the emblematic species of a declining worldwide bio diversity.

They constitute a major priority in terms of sustainable development of the natural resources of the regions that hold them.

Their preservation depends upon our comprehension of their way of life and their needs, whether this be in terms of space or feeding resources.

In the framework of her PhD at the Reunion Island University, Katia Ballorian takes us with her and the NCSR laboratories in Strasbourg, to the sloping coral reefs of Reunion Island. Her mission is to complete the still rather fragmented knowledge on the feeding behavior of the Green Turtles living along the coastline of Reunion Island.

Katia will be helped in her project by researchers, students and technicians of the IPHC of the NCSR in Strasbourg, as well as by; Kélonia, IFREMER, the laboratory of Marine Ecology of Reunion Island University and the Marine Reserve.

The Run Sea Science project funded by the European Union and implemented by IRD relied on four main activities: improving physical abilities, improving human capacity, exchange of experience with creating a network of researchers and research network participation through the organization of a seminar on Aquaculture and the organization of the 6th congress WIOMSA.

This documentary shows the four main lines of research developed by the RUN Sea Science partners of the study of biodiversity through genetics and aquaculture to biodiversity conservation through the study of behavior through the method of marking and ocean acidification under surveillance.

Field work, sampling, laboratory work, analysis of results, the activities of researchers succeed on Reunion coasts and research center partners.

This project particularly original in its design, has demonstrated that public and private research teams related to the marine world Reunion working together. Better, that their cooperation on the many research themes developed with the support of RUN Sea Science brought a definite plus to the progress of work.

Improving the material and human capacity Reunion research institutions, disseminating their work and by creating a network of researchers and Indian Ocean Europe, the RUN Sea Science project will have demonstrated the importance of the establishment of the Regional Maritime Cluster in the meeting.

Over the last few years, the demand for sea cucumbers from Asian countries has literally exploded, obliging the manufacturers to produce more and more. In many producing countries, the number of sea cucumbers has diminished noticeably. Madagascar is not an exception to that rule. Helped by International organisms, the IHSM researchers have found a way of reproducing the animals all year round, bringing big hopes to the aquaculture of sea cucumbers. Will the implantation of sea ranches in the coastal villages diminish the number of fishermen, thus saving the Holothuriculture ?

That is what is at stake in this challenge.

The exposure of the southwest islands of the Indian Ocean near Africa, explains their extreme sensitivity to infectious processes in particular epidemic.

Following the chikungunya epidemic crisis in 2006, the CRVOI, Centre for Research and Eve on emerging diseases in the Indian Ocean, was created to understand the complexity of emerging infectious phenomenon. Today is part of the Run Emerge program that was given CRVOI the development of this systemic research integrating human, pathogens, animal reservoirs and potential vectors.