Planet Mosaic
Guiana
Guyana is a gigantic treasure trove, covering 80,000 square kilometres, where French Forestry Office researchers, such as Olivier BRUNAUX, accompanied by botanists (notably Hélène RICHARD and Joseph ATENI), are discovering dozens of new trees.
_ici_“About 20 years ago we had catalogued 1200 species in Guiana. Today, we have refined that figure to around 1600 species of tree. (…) Ah, there, that’s not bad, but… it’s coming down. Above you, Hélène. Great! Brilliant! Well done, Joseph! Look. A leaf like that with a hemmed edge. I’ve never seen that before! (…) Forest ranger is a very, very important job. It shouldn’t be disparaged. »
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Olivier Brunaux is our guide
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1300 species of trees are known in Guyana, and the inventory is not complete!
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Olivier take care of the Guyana forests on behalf of the ONF
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Small expedition into the forest with a team of botanists, in search of new species
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Only way to get the leaves: the gun!
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Olivier and Helen may have found a new species
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Joseph can recognize near 800 tree species
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In Guyana, botanists spend their time looking up at the sky …
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Mysterious forest of Guyana …