Protected Areas of French Guiana
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Protected areas of French Guiana
May 27, 2009, 12:54 pm
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Protected area highlights for French Guiana (January 31, 2008):
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Area |
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Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of French Guiana's Territorial Area) |
34 |
5,308 |
5.4% |
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Terrestrial (% of French Guiana's Terrestrial Territorial Area) |
33 |
5,229 |
5.8% |
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Marine and Littoral Protected Area |
4 |
79 |
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Note that some protected areas include both terrestrial area and marine area |
The latest World Database on Protected Areas reports 195 nationally recognized protected areas in French Guiana
| Bourg de la commune de Roura (Natural Monument) | - | Terrestrial | 34 | |
| Centre Nature de Sinnamary (Nature Reserve) | - | Both | 20,100 | |
| Colline de Bourda (Natural Monument) | - | Terrestrial | 57 | |
| Colline de Cépérou (Natural Monument) | - | Terrestrial | 7 | |
| Colline de Montabo (Natural Monument) | - | Terrestrial | 59 | |
| Ile du Grand Connétable (National Nature Reserve) | - | Both | 7,852 | 7,849 |
| Ile du Salut (Natural Monument) | V | Both | 1 | |
| Ile du Salut (Natural Monument) | - | Marine | ||
| Ilets de Rémire (Littoral Conservation Area) | V | Terrestrial | 50 | |
| Ilets de Rémire (Natural Monument) | - | Terrestrial | ||
| Le bassin versant et les chutes de la crique Voltaire (Natural Monument) | III | Terrestrial | 17,740 | |
| Mana (Nature Reserve) | - | Both | 22,100 | |
| Marais de Kaw (Biotope Protection Order) | - | Terrestrial | 100,000 | |
| Marais de Yiyi (Littoral Conservation Area) | V | Terrestrial | 9,858 | |
| Mirande (Forest Reserve) | - | Both | 2,700 | |
| Mont Bourda (Littoral Conservation Area) | V | Terrestrial | 23 | |
| Mont Grand Matoury (National Nature Reserve) | - | Terrestrial | ||
| Mont Mahury (Littoral Conservation Area) | V | Terrestrial | 140 | |
| Montabo (Littoral Conservation Area) | V | Terrestrial | 4 | |
| Montagne d'Argent (Littoral Conservation Area) | V | Terrestrial | 740 | |
| Montagne d'Argent (Natural Monument) | - | Terrestrial | 740 | |
| Monts de Cayenne (Biotope Protection Order) | IV | Terrestrial | 134 | |
| Parc Naturel Régional de Guyane (Regional Natural Park) | - | Terrestrial | 3,000,000 | |
| Place des Palmistes et place de Grenoble (Natural Monument) | - | Terrestrial | 13 | |
| Plateau de Montravel (Natural Monument) | - | Terrestrial | 12 | |
| Plateau du Mahury (Natural Monument) | - | Terrestrial | 760 | |
| Pointe de Buzaré (Littoral Conservation Area) | V | Terrestrial | 0.5 | |
| Pointe Isère (Littoral Conservation Area) | V | Terrestrial | 6,372 | |
| Quartier officiel de la commune de Saint Laurent du Maroni (Natural Monument) | - | Terrestrial | 34 | |
| Région de Saül (Biotope Protection Order) | IV | Terrestrial | 60,000 | |
| Région du Mont Grand Matoury, du lac des américains, et de la plaine de la crique Bernard (Biotope Protection Order) | IV | Terrestrial | 2270 | |
| Réserve Biologique Domaniale de Lucifer Dékou-Dékou (Forest Biological Reserve) | Ia | Terrestrial | 110,300 | |
| Réserve naturelle de la Trinité (National Nature Reserve) | Ia | Terrestrial | 76,000 | |
| Réserve naturelle de l'Amana (National Nature Reserve) | IV | Terrestrial | 14,800 | |
| Réserve naturelle des Marais de Kaw-Roura (National Nature Reserve) | IV | Terrestrial | 94,700 | |
| Réserve naturelle des Nouragues (National Nature Reserve) | Ia | Terrestrial | 100,000 | |
| Reserve naturelle volontaire de la fondation Trésor (Regional Nature Reserve) | IV | Terrestrial | 2,464 | |
| Ruines de Vidal (Natural Monument) | - | Terrestrial | 1,050 | |
| Sables blancs de Mana (Biotope Protection Order) | IV | Terrestrial | 29,182 | |
| Saline de Montjoly (Littoral Conservation Area) | V | Both | 16 |
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Further Reading:
- World Resources Institute(accessed May 26, 2009)
- World Database on Protected Areas (accessed May 26, 2009)
