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 […]

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 […]