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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 protected area covers some 20,300 square kilometres (7,840 sq mi) for the central area (where full protection is enforced) and 13,600 square kilometres (5,250 sq mi) for the secondary area. Thus, the overall protected area represents some 33,900 square kilometres (13,090 sq mi) of rain forest .
Other parts of the ecoregion are protected by the 1,160 square kilometres (450 sq mi) Monte Roraima National Park in Brazil and the Tumucumaque Mountains National Park. [3] The Sipaliwini Savanna in Suriname borders and is an extension of the Tumucumaque National Park. It is a 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi) protected area since 1972. [7]
The World Wildlife Fund gives the ecoregion the status of "Relatively Stable/Intact". [1] There are many protected areas, and large sections of mangroves are intact. Suriname has at least seven protected areas, most with a degree of connectivity, including the Coppename Monding wetland and the Wia-Wia nature
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). [1]
More than half a million Haitian refugees who sought shelter and stability in the United States will lose protection against deportation this summer under a policy change by the Trump administration.
No protected status Two U.S. officials told NBC News that the Biden administration will not change the policy of returning Haitians interdicted at sea because they do not want to trigger mass ...
In August 2013, the Port Salut/Aquin Protected Area (Aire Protégée de Ressources Naturelles Gérées de Port Salut/Aquin), was created in Southwestern Haiti. [2] Three Bays Protected Area (Aire Protégée de Ressources Naturelles Gérées des Trois Baies), located in northeastern Haiti, was created in December 2013. [3]