Rupununi farmers and tourism players on Monday gathered to share experiences and suggestions on how to deal with obstacles they face as part of a project meant to improve livelihoods using a low carbon pathway.
“This forum is not a one-off occasion…it is a serious appraisal of where we are, of where we want to go and how we will get there,” Major General (retd) Joe Singh told participants at the two-day forum hosted by Conservation International (CI) at the St. Ignatius benab in Region Nine on Monday and yesterday. The seminar is part of the US$1.6 million ‘Leveraging Natural Capital in Guyana’s Rupununi – Improving livelihoods through low carbon economic development of the Rupununi’ project being funded by Conservation International (CI) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Singh, who is the chairman of the Project Steering Committee, said that the forum will serve to alert others of the challenges and opportunities that exist in this part of Guyana. He said that the Rupununi is a wonderful place where people still live in traditional ways. The area has developed over the years, the conservationist added. “The purpose of this
