The Caravelle peninsula is an emblematic site of Martinique of significant heritage importance. As such, it benefited from the first classification status used on the island by becoming a national nature reserve in 1976, well before the classification of Mount Pelée in 2007 or the Pitons du Carbet and the Prêcheur-Grand'Rivière area in 2014. The peninsula, which is home to more than 150 species of plants characteristic of the Lesser Antilles in very different ecosystems (xerophilous forest, mangrove, savannah, etc.), has no less than five different protection statuses. Located within the regional nature park and listed, it partly belongs to the Conservatoire du Littoral (Coastal Protection Agency). Its tip is occupied by a national nature reserve. It is even the subject of a biotope protection order, whose perimeter extends from Pointe Rouge to Morne Pavillon and which was fixed following the inventories of the ZNIEFF (Natural Areas of Ecological Interest, Fauna and Flora).