His Majesty King Charles III renews Patronage of the Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (IIC).
19th June, 2024 His Majesty King Charles III renews Patronage of the Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (IIC). Georgetown / London 19th June, 2024. – His Majesty King Charles III will continue to serve as Patron of the Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (IIC) for another term […]
Iwokrama wins two awards at Visit Rupununi’s award ceremony.
Georgetown, Guyana, 29th January, 2024 PRESS RELEASE Iwokrama wins two awards at Visit Rupununi’s award ceremony. Georgetown, Guyana. The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) today announced that it has received two awards at the recently held Visit Rupununi awards ceremony held at Lethem last Saturday evening. Iwokrama is grateful for […]
Iwokrama Forest retains coveted Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) Certification for the Iwokrama Forest.
Georgetown, Guyana. January 12, 2024 Iwokrama Forest retains coveted Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) Certification for the Iwokrama Forest. Georgetown, Guyana. The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) today announced that it has received confirmation that the Iwokrama Forest has retained its Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) Certification for Forest Management following an […]
Guyanese PhD’s new research on mammals’ use of forest roads in Iwokrama show promising results
Georgetown, Guyana. November 9, 2023 Celebrating International Science Day- Nov 10, 2023 Guyanese PhD’s new research on mammals’ use of forest roads in Iwokrama show promising results As we celebrate International Science Day 2023 under theme of ‘Building Trust in Science’, Iwokrama is delighted to share exciting new results from long-term research in monitoring in […]
Iwokrama Research Plots for Monitoring Forest Impacts
Georgetown, Guyana. 8th September, 2023 Iwokrama’s Science Program conducts a variety of forestry research projects annually. One such project, recently completed in August 2023 was the re-census of 18 Permanent Sample Plots (PSP’s) in the Iwokrama Forest. Permanent sample plots are permanently demarcated areas of forest, typically of one hectare, which are periodically remeasured. They […]
Iwokrama Open Day Event a Success
Georgetown, Guyana 5th November, 2018 Georgetown, Guyana. The Iwokrama International Centre on November 14, 2018 hosted an Open Day event at the Umana Yana showcasing the Centre’s work. This year marks 22 years since the passage of the Iwokrama Act which officially created the Centre. The Open Day highlighted the work and achievements over the […]
Iwokrama Open Day – 2018
Georgetown, Guyana 5th November, 2018 The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) is pleased to have had the opportunity to engage two hundred and eighty (280) students from four (4) schools on the Centre’s work and a myriad of environmental topics. From October 29th to November 2nd, the Centre’s staff visited […]
Iwokrama Observes – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Iwokrama Observes – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples The Iwokrama International Centre extends warm greetings on the occasion of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2018 to all Guyanese, and especially the Indigenous Peoples of Guyana and around the world. We are pleased to commemorate the observances this year by releasing a […]
Iwokrama Second Science Committee Meeting – Boston, USA
Boston, USA 12th April, 2018 The second meeting for the revitalised Iwokrama Science Committee was held in Boston, USA, April 12th at the University of Massachusetts. Discussions focused on expanding the thematic areas and activities. A presentation on Iwokrama was also given to some graduate students […]
Iwokrama Celebrates World Science Day
Georgetown, Guyana 9th November, 2017 This year Iwokrama celebrated World Science Day for Peace and Development by hosting a public lecture and re-launching Iwokrama’s Science Programme. The inaugural World Science Day event hosted over 150 persons and was lead by Dr. Patrick Chesney, who guided the audience through remarks from Mr. Dane Gobin (CEO, Iwokrama), Rod […]