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Air Clear supports the investigations on the balance of CO2 in the mangroves of New Caledonia

30/12/2011

30 December 2011

The Foundation Air Clear has decided to support, during 2 years, with a contribution of 120.000 euros, the works of the Institut of Recherche pour him Développement, an organism of European investigation with base in Marseilles (France). These works have like aim deepen in the balance of CO₂ in the breast of the mangroves of the region of The Foa in New Caledonia.

The investigation will be on measurements effected in several points of said mangrove. These will consist in analysing the flows of CO₂ from the different strata of the mangrove: part submerged, floor and enramada (top of the mangrove).

The results obtained will allow to purchase a global vision of the flows of CO₂ of the ecosystem of the mangrove and will integrate to the data handled by observatories commissioned to follow the evolution of the mangroves, in function of the global climatic changes.