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 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 […]