#TECT2612162ACreation of the Pitons rocheux de l'Armontabo Strict Biological Reserve in French Guiana
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This order creates a 156,290-hectare strict biological reserve covering the whole Armontabo state forest in French Guiana. The goal is to let forest ecosystems develop naturally, protect rare habitats and species, and support scientific research. Forest exploitation and most human interventions that could alter natural habitats are banned. Public access remains allowed, but tourism operators need prior approval from the National Forestry Office, and activities such as collecting plants, creating trails, climbing, fires, and bivouacs in sensitive rocky areas are restricted or banned.
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Key Changes
- Creates a 156,290-hectare strict biological reserve in the Armontabo state forest in French Guiana
- Approves the reserve management plan for 2022-2041
- Bans forestry and most habitat-altering activities, with limited exceptions controlled by the National Forestry Office
Obligations
What this law requires
Do not conduct forestry exploitation within the RBI des Pitons rocheux de l'Armontabo.
Do not carry out human interventions within the reserve that could modify the composition, structure, or functioning of natural habitats, unless the intervention is expressly allowed by the reserve management plan.
Only the National Forestry Office (ONF), or persons acting with ONF authorization and under ONF control, may carry out authorized works in the reserve, including safety, maintenance, access-track, perimeter, non-native species removal, or Article 5 works.
Leave cut tree products inside the reserve when authorized tree-cutting works are carried out.
Tourism operators must obtain prior authorization from the National Forestry Office before conducting tourist activities or organized public visitation in the reserve.