La Trinité National Nature Reserve
{{Short description|Nature reserve in French Guiana}}
{{Infobox Protected area
| name = La Trinité National Nature Reserve
| photo = Inselberg de la Trinité.jpg
| photo_caption = Inselberg de la Trinité
| location = French Guiana, France
| map = French Guiana
| nearest_city = Saint-Élie
| coordinates = {{coord|4.5800|-53.3000|display=title,inline}}
| established = 6 July 1996{{cite web|url=https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espace/protege/FR3600129 |title=FR3600129 - La Trinité |website=Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel|access-date=21 March 2021|language=fr}}
| area = {{convert|760|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/147303 |title=La Trinité |website=Protected Planet|access-date=21 March 2021}}
| website = [https://www.reserve-trinite.fr/ Reserve-Trinite.fr] (in French)
| map_caption =
| iucn_category = IV
| governing_body = National Forests Office
}}
File:Périmètre RNN la Trinité rnn129.png
La Trinité National Nature Reserve (French: Réserve naturelle nationale de la Trinité) is a French nature reserve in French Guiana created in 1996.[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)] It protects {{convert|760|km2}} of tropical rainforest in the communes of Mana and Saint-Élie.
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.reserves-naturelles.org/la-trinite |title=La Trinité|website=Reserves Naturelles|access-date=21 March 2021|language=fr}}
In la Trinité more than 57 mammal species have been identified, and more than 300 bird species. In 2011, a new species of Eulepidotis was discovered on Roche Bénitier in the reserve.{{cite journal|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_2011_num_116_2_2664 |author=Jérôme Barbut & Bernard Lalanne-Cassou|year=2011|title=Description d'une nouvelle espèce d'Eulepidotis Hübner, 1823, découverte dans la réserve naturelle de la Trinité (Guyane française) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Eulepidotinae) |journal=Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France|volume=116 |issue=2 |pages=181–184 |doi=10.3406/bsef.2011.2664 |s2cid=131858768 |language=fr}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.reserve-trinite.fr/ Official site] (in French)
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Category:Environment of French Guiana
Category:Nature reserves in France
Category:Protected areas established in 1995
Category:Protected areas of French Guiana
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