Some comments on J. M. Miguet's paper. The possibility of applying some of the forestry techniques successfully used in La Reunion to some of the French Guyana forests is discussed.
forests still cover most of the mountain slopes between 700 and 1300m above sea level, although some tree species have suffered from overexploitation in the past. The open forest of the endemic tree, le Tamarin des hauts (Acacia heterophylla), is found