Parc Naturel Régional de la Guyane
PNR · French Guiana · 4°58′N 52°41′W
What this is
Parc Naturel Régional de la Guyane is a pnr — a legally designated protected area in French Guiana, covering about 12,794 km², established in 2001. 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: 50 (their total extent ~6,697 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): 1,279,424 ha · 12,794 km²
- Area (official registry): 90,700 ha
- Type: PNR
- Country: French Guiana
- Centre: 4°58′N 52°41′W
From orbit
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
- Lucifer Dékou-Dékou — 1,116 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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