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14 January 2013
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 of the natural environment (based...
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10 January 2013
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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 the end of a horrendous...
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1 November 2012
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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, a Macaw would cry “kalalan kalalan”...
22 October 2012
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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? What do you have for your meal?"
Giant...
14 October 2012
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“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 environmental) and one that can be...
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 great festivities, are remembering their...
14 October 2012
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THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR PETROL
The lofty desire to stop emitting CO2 as part of our fight against climate change has stimulated research into and development of renewable energy sources. The predominant yet implicit issue here is that oil will become rarer and rarer. Each oil well undergoes a...
By Nathalie Ndoung (ADEME), Pierre Courtiade (ADEME), M. Roche (ADEME), Sebastien Bourgeois (Cr-Eole), F. Farrugia (Voltalia Guyane)
9 April 2012
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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 of winter clothing. Mount Roraima allows us to contemplate its kingdom for a few moments, the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela....
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9 April 2012
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“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 be irremediably barred. Entertaining any hopes here is pure fantasy."
G. Tomel, Les évadés de la Guyane, 1899.
Breakout
The first convoy...