The Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project (GMRP) provided 376 jobs while 18 critical research studies were conducted in collaboration with the University of Guyana from 2010 to 2013, the length of the project.
A statement setting out the benefits of the project followed a report in the July 28, 2013 Sunday Stabroek which noted that the European Union-funded $1B project had produced less than half of the expected mangroves over the three- year period and raising the question of value for money.
According to the statement from the Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture, Ali Baksh, nine rangers and five tour guides have found employment directly resulting from the mangrove initiative. “GMRP has established a monitoring system comprising the Guyana Mangrove Monitoring Plan and complementary GIS database system as
