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My grandfather told the story of Tulupele, the giant caterpillar. The Wayana and the Apalaï wanted to go to rock Asimiliku, but whenever one of them left he was said...
This is the first time I have ever felt the cold in Guiana. At an altitude of 2,800 metres the first rays of the sun just barely warm our layers...
“Each minute that goes by only strengthens my determination to escape, despite all the possible dangers. We are too young and too full of determination to allow our future to...
Cayenne fishmarket. Snapper: 6 euros 50. “Are you the one who caught it, or did you buy it?” The seller hesitates before answering: “I bought it. From Cogumer.” Cogumer and...
Hugo El loco Wikileaks reveals the astounding and unexpected information that liberal democracies do not like Hugo Chávez! Alvaro Uribe, the former Colombian President, compared him to Hitler, whilst Jean-David...
Whilst man has not yet settled the question to his satisfaction, for the howler monkey it is clearly essence which precedes existence. The character and innermost nature of the red...
Overfishing: worldwide depletion of fish stocks Pessimistic models predict a catastrophic drop in stocks. After a period of strong growth after the Second World War, fish production has stagnated around...
At the break of dawn, and amidst many multicoloured wooden two-mast tapouilles facing the Mahury, we get on board the launch to Grand Connétable island nature reserve. Today we are...
Marine biodiversity issues at stake With 11 million square kilometres of territorial waters, France has the second largest maritime area in the world, spread over four different oceans: the Atlantic,...
Seabird guano has long been used as an agricultural fertiliser, probably since pre-Columbian days. This fertiliser, containing all sorts of organic materials, among which animal bones, was very widely used...
For a long while the oil* buried deep beneath the ocean bed seemed to be impossible to exploit for two main reasons: firstly because existing technologies did not make it...
Baikonur. 21st century. 7.30am. Daybreak was well over an hour ago, though the sun is as red as at sunset. Together with his fellow Europeans, Rémy, a Frenchman, is getting...
Perhaps you have already noticed the colourful mobiles levitating above Rorota. But who are the people who, come the weekend, enjoy the beach 300 metres up in the air? A...
11 kilometres north-west of Cayenne, a light suspended between the water and the sky sweeps its beam across the ocean. This is the Enfant Perdu lighthouse. Seen from the continent,...
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The French National Forestry Office (ONF) is a public agency. As part of its sustainable management of public forests it draws up forest management plans covering a 20 to 30 year timespan for each forest. The usage management plans are based on the latest knowledge...
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French Guiana has a special place in the French national imagination. It is seen as a coveted yet hostile land which saw off early attempts to colonise it. Or a land of exile to which France dispatched its many various undesirables and opponents, lying at...
By Pierre-Olivier Jay / Remerciements à Laurence Jay & Elio Sanoja

É a primeira vez que eu sinto frio na Guiana Francesa. Nessa altitude de 2.800m, os primeiros raios aquecem com dificuldade nossas camadas de roupas de inverno. O Roraïma deixa durante alguns instantes contemplar seu reino, a Guiana venezuelana. Aos meus pés, uma falésia sem...
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My grandfather told the story of Tulupele, the giant caterpillar. The Wayana and the Apalaï wanted to go to rock Asimiliku, but whenever one of them left he was said to be a dead man, as nobody ever came back. Whenever anyone approached the place,...
By Jean-Albert Hilaire

A long time ago when all the animals in the forest were friends, they used to get together to talk. Jaguar and Giant Anteater were among the animals. One day Jaguar asked Giant Anteater: “Tell me, Giant Anteater my friend, what do you normally eat?...
By Par Fréderic Piantoni

“Watch over your brothers and let them settle” Elia Kazan, America America Emigrating and immigrating is a four-stage process: leaving, crossing the border, then entering and, finally, moving around. It is an adventure with a large number of determinants (be they political, economic, family-related, or...
Algumas dezenas de minutos do centro de Paramaribo bate um dos corações da cultura javanesa. Essa cultura acompanhou os primeiros migrantes javaneses, desembarcados há 120 anos.  Hoje, mais de 70.000 de seus descendentes percorrem o longo caminho da memória que os liga à ilha de...
Only a few minutes from the centre of Paramaribo is one of the beating hearts of Javanese culture. It has been there since the first Javanese migrants came across 120 years ago this year. Today there are over 70,000 Javanese who, to the sound of...