Guiana Amazonian Park

Parc amazonien de Guyane
Parc amazonien de Guyane
Guiana Amazonian Park
IUCN category II (national park)
	View from the Maroni River
Nearest city	Maripasoula
Coordinates	2°50′18″N 53°46′20″W / 2.83833°N 53.77222°W
Area	20,300 km2 (7,838 sq mi)
Established	27 February 2007
Governing body	French Office for Biodiversity
	Parc-Amazonien-Guyane.fr

Guiana Amazonian Park (French: Parc amazonien de Guyane) is the largest national park of France, aiming at protecting part of the Amazonian forest located in French Guiana which covers 41% of the region. It is the largest park in France as well as the largest park in the European Union^[1] and one of the largest national parks in the world.

It cannot be accessed from the seashore or by any means other than airplane or pirogue via the Maroni and Oyapock rivers.

The protected area covers some 20,300 square kilometres (7,840 sq mi) for the central area (where full protection is enforced) and 13,600 square kilometres (5,250 sq mi) for the secondary area. Thus, the overall protected area represents some 33,900 square kilometres (13,090 sq mi) of rain forest.^[2]

The park has been built on territories belonging to the communes of Camopi, Maripasoula, Papaïchton, Saint-Élie, and Saül.

Like other Parcs nationaux de France, the park is overseen by the French Office for Biodiversity.

^ "Qu'est ce que le Parc amazonien de Guyane ?" (in French). Archived from the original on May 31, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
^ "Online creation decree" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 1, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2009. (120 KB)

[1] "Qu'est ce que le Parc amazonien de Guyane ?" (in French). Archived from the original on May 31, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2017.

[2] "Online creation decree" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 1, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2009. (120 KB)

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