Forest Station of Reunion Island
Identity sheet
Scientific Manager
Claudine Ah-Peng
Scientific Manager
Dominique Strasberg
Creation date : 2012
The oldest series of observations : T and relative humidity (350 -2950 m) on the Piton des Neiges since 2011.
STAFOR has also carried out a dendrometric inventory every 5 years of 1 Ha of the Mare-Longue forest since 1990, 2 Ha since 2000 and 3 Ha since 2003, representing 76 species, 52,930 trees labelled and measured for diameter.
Technical and logistics manager : Pierre Stamenoff
Maintenance agent : Jimmy Turpin
Station’s scientific pilot laboratory : Laboratory of Plant Communities and Bio Aggressors in Tropical Environments, UMR PVBMT
Location :
The Mare Longue research station is located at 19, rue de la Cour des Frères, 97442 Saint-Philippe.
Tel : (+262) 262 46 90 09
Other laboratory : Géosciences
Partnerships/agreements with other organizations : Reunion National Park, National Forestry Office, Mascarin National Botanical Conservatory, National Museum of Natural History.
Existence of prospects for certification in a SNO, a national IR, a national network : IR OZCAR, eLTER, SNO Tourbières, SEEG, Zones Ateliers network