The Iwokrama International Centre, established in 1996, manages the Iwokrama Forest (an area of 371,000 hectares), which was dedicated by Guyana to the Commonwealth in 1989. The Centre is governed by a Board of Trustees, drawn from Guyana and the international community. The Trustees and the Centre work closely with donors and partners.
Partners
Canopy Capital
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).
Community and Tourism Services Inc
Conservation International
Environmental Protection Agency (Guyana)
Global Canopy Programme (Oxford)
Guyana Trade and Investment Services and Judy Karwacki
Guyana Forestry Commission
Forestry Training Centre Inc.
International Forest Products (UK)
Newcastle University
North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB)
Royal Holloway University
The University of Guyana
The University of the West Indies
Tropenbos International
Warwick University
Wilderness Explorers
Donors
Acclimatise
Cara Group
Caribbean Airlines
Darwin Initiative
De La Rue Eco System Services Limited
Environmental Resources Management
Eversheds LLP
Hill & Knowlton
Inter-American Development Bank
International Institute for Environment and Development
International Tropical Timber Organization
Josephine Whitehead Legal Services
KfW-Entwicklungsbank (Germany)
KPMG International Shell International
Stephenson Harwood LLP
The British High Commission (Georgetown)
The Commonwealth Foundation
The Commonwealth Secretariat
The European Union
The Government of Guyana
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
The Rumi Foundation
United Nations Development Programme