The aerial laser scanning (ALS) dataset acquired on 26th September 2011 covers part of the Paracou experimental station in French Guiana. Plots entirely covered include Paracou 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 14. Plots 3, 6, 13, and 15 are partially covered by the data. The area includes both natural unlogged forest and logged over forest.

The aerial laser scanning (ALS) dataset, acquired on 7 April 2009, covers two seperate areas along the track leading to St Elie in French Guiana. The northern plot has an area of 4.5 sq.km. This area covers the 100 hectares IRD-biodiversity plot. The southern area (1.4 sq.km) covers a grove of Spirotropis longifolia. The Lidar data was acquired as part of the Guyafor project. It was shared with the ESA Tropisar project and the Biomass project at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).