Cash-strapped Iwokrama to receive US$100,000 emergency funding

Cabinet on Tuesday approved US$100,000 ($20 million) in emergency funding to the Iwokrama Rainforest Centre to cover expenses such as paying staff of the cash-strapped forest reserve facility as international funding has dwindled over the years.

According to Minister of State Joseph Harmon, the funding was approved after Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman briefed Cabinet on what he said was a “sad situation.” He said Cabinet was informed that the centre could