Réserve Naturelle de Saint-Martin

Action CS3 : Develop and test rehabilitation programs for coral communities and associated species

Action CS7 : Develop and test rehabilitation programs for seagrass beds

Action MS31 : Develop and strengthen partnerships with the Community, state services, the Tourist Office, the Rectorate, and local institutions and associations

Maël Andrieux, a master’s student in Water Sciences and the Dynamics of Aquatic Ecosystems at the University of Pau and the Pays de l’Adour, completed his end-of-study internship at the Saint Martin Nature Reserve Management Association, as a project manager for mitigating the impacts of port developments on the coastal...+ infos

Action CS13 : Monitor sea turtle nesting activity

Action MS22 : Ensure the recruitment, supervision, and training of volunteers, interns, and recruited staff

Action MS37 : Participate in meetings, maintain and strengthen partnerships with regional networks

Action PA7 – Continue and develop a participatory science program

From the end of September to the beginning of December 2023, a series of videoconferences was organized within the framework of the steering committee for the national action plan for the preservation of sea turtles in the Antilles. The Saint Martin Nature Reserve Management Association contributed to the various thematic...+ infos

Action IP5 : Implement management actions on introduced species

As part of the France Relance plan aimed at regulating populations of introduced small mammals, the islet of Tintamarre was subject to a trapping operation between July 2022 and October 2023. In total, 150 automated traps were installed and have accumulated 7,500 activations to cover two-thirds of the islet. The deployment strategy consisted of initially positioning the traps in the first and then in the second third of the islet, before transferring them to the last third in September 2023 for the final phase of the project, scheduled until the end of February 2024. The first indicators of success for this...+ infos

Action CS 33 : Favoriser les conditions de réintroduction de l’iguane des Petites Antilles

Action CS 34 : Etudier la faisabilité d’un programme de reproduction ex situ pour l’iguane des Petites Antilles

À la mi-septembre 2023, le gestionnaire de la réserve naturelle a élaboré et présenté un plaidoyer ambitieux pour la restauration de l’îlet Tintamarre. Ce joyau naturel, scindé entre une partie classée en réserve naturelle et une propriété privée, est au coeoeur d’un projet de conservation et de mise en valeur. L’initiative vise une restauration écologique complète : retrait des espèces exotiques envahissantes, réhabilitation des espèces endémiques, tant faune que...+ infos

Action SP2 : Continue and strengthen the environmental policing missions

During the year 2023, the commissioned and sworn agents of the reserve carried out 204 sea patrols, identifying 24 non-compliant controls: undeclared commercial companies, unauthorized nocturnal moorings, fishing activities, drone usages, prohibited in this protected space. 

Note: For pleasure boaters wishing to moor at Tintamarre in the evening, the AGRNSM reminds of the need to submit a request at least three days in advance.

152 terrestrial patrols took place, resulting in 24 non-compliant controls: kite surfing on Galion beach, drone usages, shoreline fishing, areas where regulations aim...+ infos

Action IP5 : Management actions for invasive alien species

Action PA6 : Implement management actions on invasive alien species or their impacts

Between January and November 2023, the Sint Maarten Nature Foundation initiated the first actions to control the population of green monkeys in Sint Maarten, a pressing ecological issue. By installing 14 traps, 108 of these primates were captured and, following a strict protocol, euthanized by qualified veterinarians. This operation responds to the observation of the uncontrolled increase in the population of these animals, which disrupts the daily life of the inhabitants, threatens crops, and the endemic biodiversity of the...+ infos