Fire-fallow agriculture as a sustainable cropping system for maintaining organic carbon in Maré Loyalty Island (New Caledonia, southwest Pacific)

Marine mammal strandings in the New Caledonia region, Southwest Pacific.

Four hundred twenty three marine mammals, in 72 stranding events, were recorded between 1877 and 2005 in New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and Vanuatu in the southwest Pacific. Sixteen species were represented in this count, including: minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata (1 single stranding), sei whale, B. borealis (1 single stranding), blue whale, B. musculus (1 single stranding), humpba...

A New Genus and Species of Lizard (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia, Southwest Pacific!

An unusual new lygosomine skink, Simiscincus aurantiacus Sadlier & Bauer, n. sp., is described from a single specimen collected in southern New Caledonia. This species is a member of the Eugongyius group of skinks, but is not readily assignable to any known genus. It has a number of derived characteristics that serve to distinguish it, the most notable of which is the highest number of premaxil...

Two New Species of the Genus Bavayia (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from New Caledonia, Southwest Pacific!

Two new species of the diplodactylid gecko Bavayia are described from restricted areas within the main island of New Caledonia. Both species are characterized by small size, a single row of preanal pores, and distinctive dorsal color patterns. One species is known only from the endangered sclerophyll forest of the drier west coast of New Caledonia, where it was collected in the largest remainin...

Organic Agriculture as an Opportunity for Sustainable Agricultural Development

The Relationship between Carbon Input, Aggregation, and Soil Organic Carbon Stabilization in Sustainable Cropping Systems

the underlying processes, capacity, and longevity of C pools in agricultural lands. One of our current challenges is to quantify the mechanisms, capacStudies have shown that increases in SOC levels are ity, and longevity of C stabilization in agricultural lands. The objectives directly linked to the return of fresh organic material of this study were to evaluate the long-term (10 yr) role of C ...