The environmental laboratory, HYDRECO, at Petit Saut also boasts a logistical support staff and equipment that are both efficient and reliable. The laboratory regularly hosts visiting scientific teams on site who benefit from excellent working conditions. Qualified personnel accompany visiting scientists to different field stations in the forest. A wide variety of sampling and measuring equipment is available, including, most notably, divers up-to-date analytical instruments whose handling is assured by competent technicians so that data from samples that might otherwise be subject to uncertain transport conditions can be successfully obtained.