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 […]
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 […]
Blind, visually impaired children ‘experience’ forest animals for the first time.
The Iwokrama International Centre continues to reach out to special needs groups in Guyana in an effort to ensure that all Guyanese are informed about its programmes of rainforest and biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Last Friday, Dr Raquel Thomas (tropical forest ecologist and Director of Resource Management and Training at Iwokrama) together with Daisy […]
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 […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Family Visit Iwokrama
In July, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and his family visited and overnight at the Iwokrama River Lodge, met with residents of Anai, visit Radio Paiwomak, and held a meeting with representatives of the NRDDB. Braving the steep trail and crossing the suspended bridges were no issue for the Nagamootoos. At the River Lodge they spent […]