Iwokrama to Re-Launch Science Programme at World Science Day Event
Iwokrama and Tocuma Traditional Amerindian Cooking Classes
Georgetown, Guyana 4th October, 2017 In Celebration of Amerindian Heritage month, Iwokrama International Centre partnered with Tocuma Indigenous Restaurant to host Traditional Amerindian Cooking classes. The classes highlighted Amerindian Heritage and culture in Georgetown, celebrated both Iwokrama and Tocuma’s relationship with the Amerindian communities of the North Rupununi and Moraikobai village, while bringing a flavour […]
ACP Secretary General visits the Iwokrama International Centre
Georgetown, Guyana 10th August, 2017 The Centre announced today that the African Caribbean Pacific Group of States (ACP) Secretary –General, Guyanese Dr. Patrick I Gomes paid an informal courtesy call to its offices at 77 High Street Georgetown. Dr. Gomes is an ardent supporter of Iwokrama and whilst he was Guyana’s Ambassador to the European […]
Iwokrama Outreach to Schools continue
Iwokrama along with colleagues this week continued environmental outreach activities to mainly secondary school students of St Rose’s and St Cuthbert’s Mission (Pakuri Village). These activities also are geared to educate students about career opportunities that are available in the exciting field of conservation and also moving Guyana towards green development. The teams interacted with […]
Iwokrama attend Youth Innovation Project 2017
The inaugural Convocation of the Youth Innovation Project of Guyana was held today at the Umana Yana. Iwokrama was among 8 agencies with booths showcasing goods and services. We had an excellent engagement among students from various secondary schools that attended. Acting President and Minister of Public Security, Mr. Ramjattan along with junior Minister of […]
International Day for Biodiversity
The United Nations has proclaimed May 22, The International Day for Biological Diversity to increase the understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. This year’s theme Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism has been chosen to coincide with the observance of 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development as proclaimed by the United Nations General […]
Iwokrama Celebrates Earth Day 2017
On Saturday April 22, Iwokrama joined the rest of the World to celebrate Earth Day; the largest global, environmental movement, celebrated by over 1 billion people worldwide. The theme for Earth day this year is “Environmental and Global Literacy”. This theme was carefully selected with the aim to: Increase awareness of Climate Change Educate citizens […]
Iwokrama Celebrates World Water Day 2017 “Wastewater”.
Today is World Water Day and like the rest of Guyana and the World, The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development celebrates the importance of this valuable resource. World Water Day is celebrated every year on March 22 to bring attention to actions being taken to tackle the issues surrounding water across […]
Prince Henry of Wales aka Prince Harry visit to Iwokrama
Before arriving at the reserve, Prince Harry visited Surama and made a brief stop at Fairview Village, where he met with residents, interacted with children and donated reading materials to the village’s school and children. At Iwokrama, he was welcomed by CEO, Mr. Dane Gobin and team and was given a brief presentation on our […]
Iwokrama Celebrates 20th Anniversary of the Iwokrama Act.
The Iwokrama International Centre celebrated its 20th Anniversary with an event held at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre on August 10, 2016 under the auspices of the IV International Congress for the Biodiversity of the Guyana Shield. On August 10th an “Evening with Iwokrama”, was held to commemorate 20 years since enacted as the Iwokrama […]