Environment
$2.8B for a better Georgetown, major markets and green spaces to be upgradedGeorgetown’s iconic markets, historic buildings and community spaces are set for a major facelift this year, as government moves ahead with a $2.8 billion Georgetown Enhancement Programme. The funding came under close scrutiny on Thursday in the Parliamentary Committee of Supply, where Opposition MP Ganesh Mahipaul and Duarte Hetsberger pressed Minister of Local Government and...
Gov’t advances composting drive to reduce landfill emissionsEfforts to reduce methane emissions from Guyana’s landfills are progressing as the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development on...
Belize Joins the Forest & Climate Leaders’ PartnershipBelize has joined the Forest & Climate Leaders’ Partnership (FCLP) as its 38th member, reinforcing growing political momentum by governments...
Local organisations secure funding for marine projectsIn a significant development for the local marine sector, the British High Commission has awarded grants to two environmental conservation...
COP28: Disappointment for Guyana as carbon market talks fail to advanceBy Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Dubai was at the centre of global conversations and negotiations on the climate crisis with this...
COP28: The ‘beginning of the end’ for fossil fuels?By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc This year’s global climate talks, COP28, came to an end on Wednesday with countries agreeing to...
Guyana’s Indigenous peoples reject Venezuela’s land grab plansBy Vishani Ragobeer in Dubai vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro wants to expand mining in the forest-rich Essequibo area of...
Pradeepa Bholanath: Guyana’s lead climate negotiatorBy Vishani Ragobeer in Dubai vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Guyana is making a lot of noise internationally, hoping to convince more people that...
COP28: Guyana argues that payments to save animals, plants in its forests are also neededBy Vishani Ragobeer in Dubai vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc When a group of researchers stumbled upon an “exuberantly- coloured snake” in Warapoka in...
Commonwealth: Guyana to champion action on forest, biodiversityGuyana will champion the Commonwealth Living Lands Action Group on sustainable green cover and biodiversity, committing itself to lead coordinated...
COP28: Suriname, like Guyana, says its vast forests will be protected as oil sector developsBy Vishani Ragobeer in Dubai vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc At the northern edge of the South American continent sit two countries, Guyana and...
Opinion: Carbon credits are benefitting GuyanaBy Melena Pollard, Toshao of Rivers’ View If you boarded a boat in Bartica and crossed the Essequibo River, after...
COP28: Guyana champions its low carbon strategy as an int’l development modelBy Vishani Ragobeer in Dubai vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Why should anyone pay attention to Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy, or the LCDS?...
At COP28, is the ‘climate’ right to talk about Guyana’s border controversy?By Vishani Ragobeer in Dubai vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc About 70,000 people have landed in Dubai for this year’s annual United Nations climate...
President, Vice President in Dubai for Climate Summit. Why?By Neil Marks in Dubai neil@newsroom.stagingsites.cc President Irfaan Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo are among leaders who have arrived...
What is COP28 and why is Guyana making a big deal of it?By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Guyana will be represented at the upcoming 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework...
U.S. investing millions to help Caribbean fight impacts of Climate ChangeGuyana is among Caribbean countries to benefit from a multi-million-dollar initiative by the United States Government to help its response...
Washed away: People who help protect the turtles losing their homeBy Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Almond Beach is an Indigenous community and one of 10 beaches found along the 75-mile-long Shell...
Pink River Dolphins found in RupununiThe Manari Ranch, Field Museum Chicago, and local field biologists, supported by WWF, conducted the first environmental DNA (eDNA) survey...
Guyana wants to partner with Costa Rica on forests, food & energy securityPresident Dr. Irfaan Ali expressed Guyana’s interest in collaborating with Costa Rica on the protection of forests and promoting both...
Guyana secures more support for its ambitious forest-saving plansBy Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Prolific oil finds offshore Guyana have made the tiny country, located on the northern edge of...
