Inventaires Papetiers to assess the forest resources in French Guiana between 1972 and 1976.

The “Inventaire Papetier” was conducted by the CTFT (Centre Technique Forestier Tropical became CIRAD in 1984) and ONF between 1972 and 1976. To assess the forest resources in French Guiana, the forest was divided in large blocks along the coast (4 blocks near St Laurent, 4 blocks near Kourou and Sinnamary, 6 southern of Cayenne). Within the blocks, the forest was inventoried in 25*200m plots placed every 200-400m on parallel lines separated by 1 to 3km. The DBH was measured in 10cm classes, starting at 10cm, 15cm, or 20cm.

Date (Creation): 1972-01-01

Identifier: ONF_Papetiers_all

Credit: Guitet, Stéphane

Credit: Brunaux, Olivier

Credit: Descroix, Laurent

Status: Historical archive

Point of contact

Office national des forêts (ONF) - Guitet, Stéphane

Point of contact

Office national des forêts (ONF) - Brunaux, Olivier

Point of contact

Office national des forêts (ONF) - Descroix, Laurent

Maintenance and update frequency: Irregular

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 INSPIRE themes

Species distribution

Geounits

Americas
South America
France
French Guiana

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

biodiversity
tropical forest ecosystem
tropical forest
forest ecosystem
forest conservation
forest resource assessment
natural forest
primary forest

Keywords

local coverage
labex CEBA
inventaire Papetier

Theme

sampling plots
largescale plot network
forest structure
tropical forest types
forest composition
above ground biomass
diameter measurements
tree community
tree flora

Place

Cayenne
Kourou
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Tonnegrande
Mana
Orapu
Comté

Use limitation: Please get in touch with a point of contact.

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Agreement between potential user and point of contact.

Classification: Unclassified

Spatial representation type: Text, table

Denominator: 5000

Metadata language: fre

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Biota

Begin date: 1972-01-01

End date: 1978-12-31

Reference system identifier: EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) / 7.9

Distribution format

Shapefile ( 10.1 )

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Statement: 1. Integration of the plots into the geographical information system (GIS) of the Office national des forêts (ONF) between 2006 and 2010 using the field plans and the description of the pathways (Guitet et al. 2006). Some plots are not yet integrated.