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Can Guyana help the Caribbean get the money it needs?
By Neil Marks
neil@newsroom.gy
The problem is clear: The Caribbean needs money.
Money for what? To bounce back after being hit with one problem after the other. The COVID-19 pandemic crippled tourism, the backbone of the islands.…
Guyana giving CARICOM US$2M from carbon credits funds
Guyana has pledged US$2 million to a Caribbean climate adaptation fund, money that it has earned for protecting its forests.
Guyana’s President, who is the incumbent Chairman of the 15-member bloc, made the announcement on Sunday as he…
UN officials back Guyana’s focus on tackling food insecurity
Guyana hopes more countries will recognise the existing threat climate change and conflict pose to food security.
That’s why it organised a debate at the level of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday and brought together top UN…
Monumental $600M project launched to develop Amerindian village plans
By Neil Marks
neil@newsroom.gy
A monumental project, valued at US$3M (or over G$600M) was Wednesday evening launched to help indigenous communities across the country prepare village plans that will detail development projects for…
Guyana spending $300 million to replant trees in mined out areas this year
Guyana will this year spend about $300 million for land reclamation and reforestation purposes, a venture that promises to help restore swatches of trees on mined out patches in the country’s forests.
This sum is just a small portion of…
UPDATE: Presence of Sahara dust plume to persist until Feb 07
See below the statement issued by the EPA:
The Environmental Protection Agency hereby issues an update on its advisory posted January 30, 2024 via social media. Today, visibility remains affected by Saharan Dust and the level of…
Local organisations secure funding for marine projects
In a significant development for the local marine sector, the British High Commission has awarded grants to two environmental conservation organisations in Guyana. The grants were awarded to the Guyana Marine Conservation Society and the…
COP28: Disappointment for Guyana as carbon market talks fail to advance
By Vishani Ragobeer
vishani@newsroom.gy
Dubai was at the centre of global conversations and negotiations on the climate crisis with this year’s United Nations climate change conference, COP28, hosted there.
A major agreement to…
COP28: The ‘beginning of the end’ for fossil fuels?
By Vishani Ragobeer
vishani@newsroom.gy
This year’s global climate talks, COP28, came to an end on Wednesday with countries agreeing to gradually stop using harmful fossil fuels, though some believe this agreement is not enough to help…
Guyana’s Indigenous peoples reject Venezuela’s land grab plans
By Vishani Ragobeer in Dubai
vishani@newsroom.gy
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro wants to expand mining in the forest-rich Essequibo area of Guyana that his country claims and has now incorporated into its official map but…