The sites 28 Preambule 04 Reading the landscape 06 Preface Contents Yaté Lake, a central point 42 Yaté Lake and surrounding areas The Yaté River The Lakes Plain 46 A very specific context 48 The Madeleine River, Netcha, The Southern Woods 50 The Great Lake – The Lake in Eight The Lakes 56 The Lake in Y – The Long Lake The Jade Lake - The Xere Wapo Lake The Road Pass Lake Other sites 63 The Wash House The Capture - The Spillway - The Cobalt diggers Hole The Japanese Bridge - The Toboggan Trail Pernod Creek - Camille Waterfall Wadiana Waterfall – Prony Blue River Provincial Park 30 The Blue River The White River The Month of May River At the confluence Wetlands 04 What is a wetland? The international Ramsar label Values, functions, roles and issues Shaped by time 08 The geological base Water, founder of landscapes Shaped by humans 14 Logging Mining Water exploitation Typical landscapes 17 Typologies of wetlands Unique flora in the world Discreet fauna The natural heritage and thewetland landscapes of NewCaledonia’s lakes located in theGreat South aremanaged through a vast network of protected areas, enhanced by their classification under the International Convention on Wetlands known as Ramsar. These landscapes and biodiversity deserve to be preserved for future generations. This is also the vision given to the Tropical Wetlands Relay Centre, a national initiative led fromGuadeloupe Island by the French Committee of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature): “wetland areas preserved for future generations in French tropical territories”. The South province, through its process of labelling the most important wetlands in its territory, contributes to this vision through the implementation of facilities intended to make them accessible to visitors, thus raising public awareness of their socio-ecological importance and the need to preserve them. Because knowing them better also means respecting them more. This is the invitation that the South Province wished to extend to all readers of this guide, whether they are local residents, decision-makers, business managers or simply people curious about these environment in New Caledonia or elsewhere. The Tropical Wetlands Relay Centre is pleased to join this invitation, which offers you the opportunity to combine the pleasure of walking with that of discovering this exceptionally rich environment of New Caledonia’s South province, along the waters, over time. The IUCN Tropical Wetlands Relay Centre - International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Niaouli trees in the Blue River Provincial Park 3 Direction of Sustainable Development of the South Province Territories I Strolling along the waterways
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