Collaborative Enforcement Activities see Arrests of Illegal Miners in the Iwokrama Forest
PRESS RELEASE Georgetown, Guyana – March 4, 2025 Collaborative Enforcement Activities see Arrests of Illegal Miners in the Iwokrama Forest Ongoing efforts of the Iwokrama International Centre together with support from the Government of Guyana agencies to stem the illegal gold mining situation within the Protected Area has resulted in further arrests. A mission with […]
Iwokrama’s Youth Engagement Enhanced with New Publication and Forest-themed Board Game
Georgetown, Guyana, February 5, 2025 PRESS RELEASE Iwokrama’s Youth Engagement Enhanced with New Publication and Forest-themed Board Game Georgetown, Guyana – The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) together with its community partners, the North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB) and the ExxonMobil Foundation, has launched a new publication, Conservation Canvases: […]
Iwokrama Forest achieves first ever claim for verified ecosystem services and retains coveted Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) Certification for Forest Management
Georgetown, Guyana, 28 January, 2025 PRESS RELEASE Iwokrama Forest achieves first ever claim for verified ecosystem services and retains coveted Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) Certification for Forest Management. Georgetown, Guyana. The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) has received confirmation that the Iwokrama Forest has retained its Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) […]
Iwokrama and the British Chamber signed a biodiversity conservation pact
Iwokrama and the British Chamber signed a biodiversity conservation pact. Georgetown, Guyana 15th January, 2025 The Iwokrama Centre (IIC) and the British Chamber of Commerce Guyana (BritCham) today signed a pact to promote and support conservation and sustainable forest management in Guyana. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Iwokrama, Dane Gobin, says “the Centre warmly welcomes […]
Appointment of Professional Development Fellow
Appointment of Professional Development Fellow Project Management and Public Relations Position Description The intention of the PDF programmes at Iwokrama is to build capacity in young Guyanese who have demonstrated leadership skills and are high achievers. The Professional Development Fellow (PDF)- Project Execution and Public Relations will work under the Director of Resource Management and […]
Iwokrama Receives Good Travel Seal Certificate
Georgetown, Guyana. Wednesday 11th January, 2023 The Iwokrama Centre announced today that the Centre had received the Good Travel Seal Certification for its tourism operations. It was more good news coming quickly after Iwokrama was also selected as one of the Top 100 Green Destination Stories in late 2022. CEO Dane Gobin stated “this was a […]
Iwokrama welcomes innovative Carbon Agreement
Georgetown, Guyana. Tuesday 7th December, 2022 The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development extends warmest congratulations to His Excellency President Irfaan Ali, the Government and the people of Guyana on securing an innovative carbon credit agreement with Hess Corporation. The new agreement is the world’s first under the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions […]