La Trinité National Nature Reserve Explained

La Trinité National Nature Reserve
Location:French Guiana, France
Map:French Guiana
Nearest City:Saint-Élie
Coordinates:4.58°N -53.3°W
Established:6 July 1996[1]
Area:760km2[2]
Website:Reserve-Trinite.fr (in French)
Iucn Category:IV
Governing Body:National Forests Office

La Trinité National Nature Reserve (French: Réserve naturelle nationale de la Trinité) is a French nature reserve in French Guiana created in 1996.[3] It protects of tropical rainforest in the communes of Mana and Saint-Élie.[2]

Overview

La Trinité was created in 1996, because it is an isolated forest, and no gold mining activities had taken place in the area. The reserve contains mountain forests, plain forest and rock savannas. The reserve contains mountain ranges with tepuis.[4]

In la Trinité more than 57 mammal species have been identified, and more than 300 bird species.[4] In 2011, a new species of Eulepidotis was discovered on Roche Bénitier in the reserve.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FR3600129 - La Trinité . Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel. 21 March 2021. fr.
  2. Web site: La Trinité . Protected Planet. 21 March 2021.
  3. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=8AA07D9175DE7EC9F2DD911E21FD00AF.tpdjo03v_1?idSectionTA=LEGISCTA000006110444&cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000743143&dateTexte=20100507 Décret n°96-491 du 6 juin 1996 portant création de la réserve naturelle de La Trinité (Guyane)
  4. Web site: La Trinité. Reserves Naturelles. 21 March 2021. fr.
  5. Description d'une nouvelle espèce d'Eulepidotis Hübner, 1823, découverte dans la réserve naturelle de la Trinité (Guyane française) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Eulepidotinae) . Jérôme Barbut & Bernard Lalanne-Cassou. 2011. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 116 . 2 . 181–184 . 10.3406/bsef.2011.2664 . 131858768 . fr.