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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 lowland forests sustain 53% of all the known bird species in Guyana, and about 70% of all mammals found in Guyana, live in the Kanuku Mountains. [2] Prominent species include the Giant otter, the Harpy eagle and the Arapaima. [2] The highest peak of the Kanuku Mountains rises to 1,067 metres while the savannah area varies between 120 and ...
The savannah is divided north from south, by the Kanuku Mountains, Guyana's most biologically diverse region. According to Conservation International, the "area supports a large percentage of Guyana’s biodiversity", including 250 species of bird life, 18 of which are native "only to the lowland forests of the Guianas." The savannah is teeming ...
Protected areas of the Caribbean are significant in a region of particular ecological vulnerability, including the impact of climate change and the impact of tourism. [1]The University of the West Indies' "Caribbean Protected Areas Gateway" [2] supports informational resources for the 16 Caribbean member states of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States.
Pages in category "Protected areas of Guyana" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... This page was last edited on 25 March 2021, at 07:23 (UTC).
Protected Areas Trust Shell Beach , located on the Atlantic coast of Guyana in the Barima-Waini Region, near the Venezuelan border, is a nesting site for four of the eight sea turtle species - the Green , Hawksbill turtle , Leatherback and the Olive Ridley . [ 2 ]
Navassa Island (/ n ə ˈ v æ s ə /; Haitian Creole: Lanavaz; French: Île de la Navasse, sometimes la Navase) is a small uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea.Located east of Jamaica, south of Cuba, and 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) west of Jérémie on the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti, it is subject to an ongoing territorial dispute between Haiti and the United States, which administers ...
It has a total area of 33,747,545 hectares (83,392,000 acres). [3] The ecoregion lies on the Guiana Shield, an ancient upland area between the Amazon and Orinoco basins. It is surrounded by lowland grassy savannas and lowland forest. [3] All areas of the ecoregion contains enclaves of the Pantepuis ecoregion on the tops of table mountains. [4]