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U.S. investing millions to help Caribbean fight impacts of Climate Change
Guyana is among Caribbean countries to benefit from a multi-million-dollar initiative by the United States Government to help its response to the devastating effects of Climate Change.
Through the U.S.-Caribbean Partnership to Address…
Washed away: People who help protect the turtles losing their home
By Vishani Ragobeer
Vishani@newsroom.gy
Almond Beach is an Indigenous community and one of 10 beaches found along the 75-mile-long Shell Beach Protected Area in Region One (Barima-Waini).
Every year, you can find four endangered…
Pink River Dolphins found in Rupununi
The Manari Ranch, Field Museum Chicago, and local field biologists, supported by WWF, conducted the first environmental DNA (eDNA) survey to assess the extent of the pink river dolphin in southern Guyana. The first-of-a-kind research on…
Guyana wants to partner with Costa Rica on forests, food & energy security
President Dr. Irfaan Ali expressed Guyana’s interest in collaborating with Costa Rica on the protection of forests and promoting both food and energy security in the region.
Dr. Ali met Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles on…
Guyana secures more support for its ambitious forest-saving plans
By Vishani Ragobeer
vishani@newsroom.gy
Prolific oil finds offshore Guyana have made the tiny country, located on the northern edge of South America, the talk of the town. With all eyes on Guyana now, the country hopes to bring global…
Money from trees: What of Indigenous people and their rights? And do they benefit from the carbon…
By Neil Marks
neil@newsroom.gy
After years of campaigning by Guyana and other forest-rich nations, there is finally a mechanism to value the carbon dioxide stored in trees and to pay countries which have kept their forests standing.…