The BIO-PLATEAUX project is co-financed by the European Union through the Interreg Amazon Cooperation Program. It aims at developing the sharing of data, information and experiences on water and biodiversity in aquatic environments between French Guiana, Brazil and Suriname, particularly in the two transboundary basins of the Oiapoque and Maroni rivers.
The Committee of Inquiry on the fight against illegal gold mining submitted its report in July 2021. It contains 44 priority proposals to contain the scourge of illegal gold mining in the short term and eradicate it in the long term.
During the week of November 8 to 12, additional awareness-raising activities (“water classes”) were conducted as part of the BIO-PLATEAUX project: three days in Saint Laurent du Maroni with the schoolchildren of the elementary school Jacques Voyer II and two days in Albina in the elementary schools of Iporoma and St Gerardus.
