2023-08-27 05:00:01
Every week in the summer, France 3 Corse Via Stella offers you a series of reports on the same theme. This week, we are devoting it to Corsican biodiversity.
This week, Solange Graziani and Typhaine Urtizverea take you on a discovery of the biodiversity of the island, which abounds in species, on land, in the air or at sea.
The population of the European red kite represents 95% of the world population, but this raptor present in Spain, Switzerland and France is decreasing. In France, this species is listed on the red list of threatened species; but in Corsica, the royal kite is doing well.
video duration: 00h05mn04s
The royal milan in Corsica • ©FTV
Episode 2: the bat
There are 36 species of bats in France, regarding twenty for Corsica. Some of these species are threatened because they suffer the destruction of their habitat. On our island, an association tries to inventory and protect them.
video duration: 00h04mn55s
The bat in Corsica • ©FTV
Episode 3: species of sandy bottoms
Marine fauna and flora constitute an important part of biodiversity, but for 50 years, it has been in sharp decline across the planet due to human activities, pollution and overfishing.
Corsica to a lesser extent is affected by this phenomenon.
In Corsica, scientists from the Revellata marine station are drawing up an inventory of the species inhabiting the sandy bottoms, an environment that has not been studied so far.
video duration: 00h05mn02s
Sandy bottoms in Corsica • ©FTV
Episode 4: the seabed of La Revellata
In this episode, we return to discover the seabed of Revellata with the scientists of STARESO.
Researchers use several technical means to carry out their missions.
video duration: 00h04mn34s
The biodiversity of the Corsican seabed • ©FTV /
Episode 5: the tapinoma magnum
When biodiversity collapses, invasive species become dominant in the natural environment. This is the case of the Tapinoma Magnum ant. Its expansion is favored by climate change but also by our impact on the environment.
video duration: 00h05mn32s
Tapinoma magnum, la fourmi invasive • ©FTV
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