Lucifer Dékou-Dékou

Reserva Biológica de Floresta · French Guiana · 4°46′N 53°54′W

What this is

Lucifer Dékou-Dékou is a reserva biológica de floresta — a legally designated protected area in French Guiana, covering about 1,116 km², established in 1995. Administered at the nacional level. What is permitted inside depends on the category — strict reserves allow almost nothing, national forests and extractive reserves allow managed use — so a detection here is a reason to look, not a verdict.

Detections centred inside · as of 2026-08-23

Illegal-mining scars: 59 (their total extent ~6,251 ha, part of which may cross the boundary) — Amazon Mining Watch, cumulative since 2018
DETER deforestation alerts cover Brazil only; for French Guiana the live dashboard shows Global Forest Watch's integrated alerts over this boundary
Active fires are a 48-hour feed and change daily — see them live on the dashboard below

A detection counts here when its centre point falls inside the boundary at the time of the monthly bake; extents are the detections' own areas and can straddle the edge. A detection is a satellite-seen change, not a verdict on legality.

Key figures

Area (GIS): 111,565 ha · 1,116 km²
Type: Reserva Biológica de Floresta
Country: French Guiana
Centre: 4°46′N 53°54′W

From orbit

Satellite view around the centre of Lucifer Dékou-Dékou

Esri · Maxar World Imagery — an undated mosaic, not a dated capture.

See it live

Open on the live map — flown to the boundary with the Protected areas layer on; toggle fires, alerts and mining over it
Open the 3D globe

More protected areas in French Guiana

Parc Amazonien de Guyane — 20,607 km²
Parc Amazonien de Guyane — 13,372 km²
Parc Naturel Régional de la Guyane — 12,794 km²
Nouragues — 1,055 km²
Kaw-Roura — 881 km²

Source

Boundary, category and area: RAISG (Amazon Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information). Mining: Amazon Mining Watch (Earth Genome, CC-BY 4.0). Alerts: INPE DETER. Joined by Canopy Watch on 2026-08-23.

Elsewhere

French Guiana — every area with a page, and the country's numbers
Live dashboard — the 2D map with every layer and the 12-month timeline
Earth Explorer — the 3D globe and curated places
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