Nature wardens in New Caledonia

Brut America

Cathy and Patrice are nature wardens. Each day, they roam the lagoons of New Caledonia to protect natural areas and the species living in them. Brut nature spent a day with these "rangers of the sea".

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00:00We are going to check the boat. Thank you for approaching.

00:10Be careful, it's a U-turn.

00:30The nature guard has three roles.

00:41A role of awareness on the environment,

00:44a role of control and a role of tracking of emblematic species.

00:49We can say that it's like a sea ranger.

00:52We are going to leave the port of Ploum,

00:56go through the southern lagoon to reach the southern islands,

01:00Coco and Moray, which we are interested in today,

01:03to see the state of the bird colonies.

01:05By the way, we are going to check all the boats we will meet,

01:09especially for the fight against poaching.

01:27There is a boat on the island of Yeroué,

01:32I have the impression that there is a camp next to it.

01:37We are going to check it out.

01:42It's quite traditional in New Denmark to camp on the islands.

01:47You have to understand that these are natural places

01:52and that we have an impact.

01:54It is important to respect certain rules

01:57so that these islands remain beautiful places

02:01where nature can develop.

02:04Hello, nature guard.

02:06Have you fished?

02:08Have you fished?

02:10We are checking the fishing.

02:12Before yesterday.

02:15There are dogs and all,

02:17you don't catch them in the southern islands with dogs.

02:23Dogs never do anything, but here they are free.

02:27If there is a dog inside with a little one in it,

02:30they will go and bite it, you won't even realize it.

02:32Another thing, I see that you made a fire.

02:35Did you use wood from the island?

02:39On the islands, it is important to leave everything that is there

02:48so that it can be renewed.

02:50Especially since we have a big period of drought.

02:52If one day we have a fire on an island,

02:54tell yourself that it's over and the firefighters won't come.

02:57It's not possible.

02:58We really have risks for everything to burn.

03:01Thank you for your understanding.

03:03If you want to put the dogs back like that,

03:06we will see that you have good intentions.

03:20Ok, there is nothing special.

03:22And for the waste?

03:27Thank you, have a good day.

03:36The island of N'Boré

03:51We arrive on the island of N'Boré.

03:54We are welcomed by a red-footed mad man.

04:01It's an island where there are storms that are raging.

04:05So we raised the mast.

04:07It allows the users to know that this island is closed

04:12and that they should not land to not disturb the birds.

04:19There are a lot of birds on the other side.

04:21We're going to check them.

04:23There are some nobodies too, I think.

04:31Throughout the season, we do regular counting.

04:34We see the evolution of the colonies,

04:36if the reproduction goes to the end.

04:46There are 25 nobodies,

04:48with about 30 small racers on the beach.

04:53And Nereus, which is a very rare bird.

04:55There are at least 50 of them.

04:58There you go.

05:01The sterns nest on the beaches.

05:04So if we land,

05:07whether by ourselves or with dogs,

05:09we make the adults fly away.

05:11And unfortunately, if we leave the egg or the juvenile

05:16for more than 10 minutes without the parent,

05:18who will regulate the temperature,

05:20well, it's over, the egg will cook

05:22and then the juvenile will be dehydrated and die.

05:28In the next episode

05:41Our friend is still here.

05:46We're arriving at the Island of the Cuckoos,

05:49the Island of the Crazy.

05:51There are birds in Caledonia that we only find on this island.

05:54There are frigates, red-legged cranes and cranes.

06:01We can see the cranes.

06:04They fly like that.

06:06They may not come to us.

06:08There.

06:09Here.

06:11This is an island where there are

06:14reproduction birds all year round.

06:16So we leave the moths permanently.

06:19It must be 5 or 6 years.

06:21We leave the moths.

06:23The population is really increasing.

06:34For 5 or 6 years, we've had a species of bird

06:37that no longer nested,

06:38that was no longer present in the South Lagoon,

06:40the crazy moth,

06:41which came back, settled down

06:43and reproduced on the island.

06:45It's a satisfaction because unfortunately

06:47we often see the opposite.

06:49A species that leaves areas,

06:51here we have a new species.

07:00See you next time, birds!

07:22There's a boat coming up to enter the channel,

07:25but apparently it saw us.

07:29Watch out, it's turning around.

07:31Ouch!

07:33The Provincial Guard,

07:34please control the boat.

07:36Thank you for approaching.

07:37I have a small camera,

07:38but I'm trying to take my photo from afar.

07:47I'm trying to do the imagery

07:49of the boat.

07:50I can't see it in the binoculars,

07:52it's complicated.

07:53We'll see where they are later,

07:55but...

07:5738...

08:01In fact, it knows that we can't

08:03pass on the deck at low tide,

08:05so it stops.

08:06Oh, we're dead.

08:07But you won't pass there, Patrice,

08:09it stops.

08:10No, I'm fine.

08:11It's a myth.

08:14So, a lack of luck there.

08:16We won't be able to...

08:17On the other hand,

08:18we have the registration,

08:19so afterwards,

08:20we can find the people

08:21to whom the boat belongs.

08:41The refusal of control,

08:42in the end,

08:43is the penalty,

08:44the punishment.

08:45It's the heaviest penalty

08:47that exists

08:48in the Environment Code.

08:50So, in fact,

08:51people who think

08:52they're being withdrawn from control,

08:54in the end,

08:55they're going to have

08:56even more trouble

08:58than if they were controlled.

09:00And in addition,

09:01in three quarters of the cases,

09:03there is no infraction.

09:04So, that's it.

09:07The lagoon is not very large.

09:09We have more and more people

09:11who fish.

09:12And so,

09:13the resources are limited.

09:14So, if everyone

09:15respects the Code,

09:16effectively,

09:17the resource

09:18will be able

09:19to be renewed.

09:20Otherwise,

09:21unfortunately,

09:22the resources

09:23will decrease

09:24and it will suffer

09:25for everyone,

09:26whether it's

09:27for the environment

09:28or for the resources

09:29of everyone.

09:30I think that humans

09:31can only survive

09:32if they manage

09:33to preserve

09:34their environment

09:35and that they are

09:36an integral part

09:37of that environment.

09:38So,

09:39when there are

09:40exceptional environments

09:41somewhere

09:42that are still

09:43in acceptable states,

09:44it's a heavy responsibility,

09:45I think,

09:46to try

09:47to preserve them

09:48in this way

09:49because it becomes

09:50still rare

09:51on our planet.

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