The natural environments of Martinique and its forests have paid a heavy toll following the development of agriculture and urbanization from the 17th century. The end of the Caravelle peninsula, on the eastern coast of the island, has not escaped partial deforestation linked to the cultivation of sugar cane and the exploitation of timber, even if its geographical position and the harshness of its dry climate have spared it irreversible damage. After the exploitations were abandoned around the end of the 18th century, the natural environments were gradually reconstituted, and the vegetation reconquered the space. The particular cutting of the coasts of the Caravelle peninsula as well as its relief explain the current diversity of the environments (dry forest, thickets, mangrove, savannah, flora of the cliffs) which cover it.