THE Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) has confirmed that it has signed a ...

As ways of assigning a monetary value to climate services provided by forests continue to be examined, a project being implemented at the Iwokrama International Centre (IIC) is said to be moving ...

The Iwokrama rainforest centre says it continues to be affected by illegal mining. In a statement last night, it said that over the past week, the Centre’s staff together with teams from the Corps of ...

Iwokrama, which lies in the heart of Guyana’s rainforest, is known worldwide for its innovative approach to preserving tropical rainforests and creating livelihoods for local communities. Their focus ...

Ecotourism and Conservation - Can it work? In the context of a study in the forests of Central Guyana, scientists investigated this very question and by chance found a previously undiscovered species ...

A MOST unusual document landed on your correspondent's desk recently: a financial report from a rainforest. Iwokrama, a 370,000-hectare rainforest in central Guyana, announced that it was in profit.

Guyana's tropical rainforests protected under the REDD program provide not just natural resources but an income stream to the country. Two hours south of Georgetown, Guyana, a paved highway recedes, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Employing camera traps to survey Amazonian mammals in Guyana, researchers found that large mammals and birds did not see a lower population of ...

Embark on an incredible journey to Guyana, a country where 80% of the land is covered in pristine rainforests—one of the world's last great wildernesses. This biodiverse haven is teeming with iconic ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

A deal has been agreed that will place a financial value on rainforests – paying, for the first time, for their upkeep as "utilities" that provide vital services such as rainfall generation, carbon ...