Nouragues Nature Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Nouragues Nature Reserve
Map showing the location of Nouragues Nature Reserve
LocationFrench Guiana, France
Nearest cityRégina
Coordinates4°05′08″N 52°40′54″W / 4.0855°N 52.6818°W / 4.0855; -52.6818
Area1,000 km2 (390 sq mi)[1]
Established18 December 1995[2]
Governing bodyNational Forests Office
WebsiteNouragues.fr (in French)

Nouragues Nature Reserve is a French nature reserve in French Guiana created in 1995.[3] It protects 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi) of tropical rainforest in the communes of Régina and Roura.

Overview

Camp of CNRS on the Nouragues Inselberg.

Nouragues Nature Reserve is the second largest nature reserve of France. The name is of Amerindian origin. The reserve is mainly covered by rainforests and is hilly. The Nouragues Inselberg dominates the region with its height of 430 metres (1,410 ft).[4]

The nature reserve is not accessible to the public except with authorisation.[5]

Nouragues Station

CNRS operates two permanent camps on the Nouragues Inselberg. The camp is home to about 40 expeditions a year and is on a good location to study the rainforest and its biodiversity.[6] The camps can be accessed by helicopter or by boat from Saut Pararé.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "La Trinité". Protected Planet. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "FR3600128 - Nouragues". Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel (in French). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Décret n°95-1299 du 18 décembre 1995 portant création de la réserve naturelle des Nouragues (Guyane)
  4. ↑ "Nouragues". Reserves Naturelles (in French). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "La réserve naturelle des Nouragues Ouvre ses portes aux habitants de Roura et de Régina !". Une Saison en Guyane (in French). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Station scientifique des Nouragues". French National Centre for Scientific Research (in English and French). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  7. ↑ Sean McCann. "Tropical fieldwork in France: the Nouragues station in French Guiana". Entomological Society of Canada. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

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