Risques environnementaux et enjeux à Clipperton (Pacifique français) by Christian Jost

“…Since the sixties, a desertification process has occurred apparently due to the elimination of pigs introduced by the end of the 19th century, and consequently to the proliferation of millions of omnivorous crabs and thousands of birds. The lack of vegetal cover was already the natural stage before human presence showing therefore a positive human impact on this exceptional environment. …”
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