Reconstruction of the primary forest (La Possession/Saint-Paul, Palaeoforest of the Rivière des Galets)

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© Nadia Charles, illustrator

© Nadia Charles, illustrator

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What the forest would have looked like more than 1,500 years ago

Burial of the base of the trees by the mudflow, 1500 years ago

Destruction of the upper part of the trees by another mudslide 1500 years ago

Erosion of the mudflow by a cyclonic flood, 15 years ago

Remains of the palaeoforest in 2013