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There are several protected areas of Guyana. The oldest protected area is the Kaieteur National Park which covers 627 square kilometres (242 sq mi). [1] In 2011, the National Protected Areas System (NPAS) was established. [2] As of 2020, about 8.4% of the country is protected. [3]
The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development is an autonomous non-profit institution established by Guyana and the Commonwealth.It "exists to promote the conservation and the sustainable and equitable use of tropical rain forests in a manner that leads to lasting ecological, economic, and social benefits to the people of Guyana and to the world in general, by ...
Protected Areas Trust Golden rocket frog , Kaieteur National Park. Kaieteur National Park is a national park located in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana , roughly 633 km (393.33 miles) south of Georgetown , the nation's capital, closer to the border with Brazil than to the Caribbean coast.
The Guianan moist forests ecoregion covers most of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. It covers part of eastern Venezuela and parts of the north of the Brazilian states of Pará and Amapá . It has a total area of 51,281,764 hectares (126,720,000 acres).
About 14 areas of biological interest have been identified as possible hotspots for a National Protected Area System. More than 80% of Guyana is still covered by forests, which also contain the world's rarest orchids, ranging from dry evergreen and seasonal forests to montane and lowland evergreen rain forests. These forests are home to more ...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday announced she was ending "temporary protected status" for an estimated 520,000 Haitians. Federal officials can grant TPS to residents of certain ...
The U.S. government has provided more than $170 million in humanitarian aid since October 2022, making it the single largest humanitarian assistance provider to Haiti. No protected status
Pages in category "Protected areas of Guyana" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...