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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]
Fees were removed, new schools were opened in rural areas, and the University of Guyana was established so students no longer were required to go abroad for tertiary education. [74] Queen's College, Georgetown. Guyana's literacy was one of the highest in the Caribbean, by estimated literacy rate of 96 per cent in 1990. [74]
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 ...
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Haiti currently has 15 national parks, not including other protected areas: [7] La Visite National Park; Pic Macaya National Park; Grande Colline National Park; Grand Bois National Park; Deux Mamelles National Park; National History Park – Citadelle, Sans-Souci Palace [8] Martissant Urban National Park; Pélerin National Park; Canapé-Vert ...
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.