The Amazonian forestThe Amazon forest spans some 2,320,000 mi². © Bertrand Machet
Flora in Guiana remains dense and diverse. The Amazonian forest, for example, occupies a large part of the territory and many rivers run through it; the mangrove is also very expansive on this small territory. To protect this fragile ecosystem, ecotourism is developing little by little and the population is becoming educated on the different ways of protecting the ecosystem. That said, brushwood and open air gold mines continue to actively contribute to the gradual extinction of the fauna and flora.