Guyana has to show more political will in protecting mangroves for their habitat and environmental richness, a report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said.
The report, entitled, ‘The World’s Mangroves 1980 to 2005’, acknowledges that afforestation and reforestation activities have taken place in Guyana. But it says also that all South American countries with the exception of Guyana have at least one Ramsar mangrove site, indicating added political will to protect these habitats and their environmental richness.
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty providing for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and judicious use of wetlands and their resources. Guyana is still to sign on.
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