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'''Knowledge-Based Management of Tropical Rainforests''' is the name of an international conference which holp in Cayenne (French Guiana) from 22 to 27 November 2009.

==Target audience ==
*Scientists, and also forest managers, people from professional, environmental and political organizations, students, journalists... 
*interested in issues relative to tropical rainforests and corresponding ecosystems and landscapes… 
*in Amazonia and other large tropical forest regions.

==Context== 
Rainforests play a major role in the supply of goods and ecosystem services for countries and people. They require all the more care since they contain exceptional richness as regards biodiversity, since their functioning is complex and since they remain vulnerable to disturbances of all kinds, in particular those issued from climate change. Preservation and development of rainforests require an increased knowledge of their diversity and functioning in connection with their management.

The Amazon forests are a prime example of tropical rainforests and what is at stake about them. At a political level, the relationship is closer and closer between Brazil, Guyana, Surinam and France in order to promote a sustainable forest management; it strengthens research studies carried out on these ecosystems. 
 
French Guiana, thanks to its geographical location, its forests and its experimental devices, offers exceptional surroundings where scientific cooperation may be developed between different research organizations from France, Brazil, and other concerned countries.
[[fr:La science au service de la gestion des forêts tropicales humides - Cayenne 2009]]