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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 ...
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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.
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 ...
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.
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).
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 ...