Opération CanopéeOpération Canopée, associated with Pro Natura International and Océan Vert, has developed various facilities for access to tropical canopies.All or part of the equipment is used depending on project configurations.
Canopy sledge
A nacelle suspended 10 metres below the dirigible from which 3 passengers can collect samples while moving.
Flight of the dirigible with the sled.
Harvesting on the canopy of the rainforest from the sled, which is held by the dirigible.
Dany Cleyet-Marrel (in the foreground) and Laurent Pyot pilot the dirigible, while entomologists beat the vegetation of the canopy to collect insects from the sled.
Entomologists beat the canopy vegetation from the sled to collect insects.
Roman Kaiser, a scent specialist from Givaudan, picks up samples from the sled.
Flight of the dirigible with the sled.
Entomologists beat the canopy vegetation from the sled to collect insects.
