Introduction
Last week I indicated that, for a small nation, Guyana has exhibited exemplary ambition in the development of its responses to worldwide environmental challenges, in the face of global warming and climate change. As revealed, these challenges are largely induced from greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), especially carbon dioxide, CO2. Guyana’s indicated nationally determined contributions (INDC), submitted under the 2015 Paris Agreement, specifies its intended curbs to GHG.
Readers may not be quite aware that Guyana enjoys an exceptionally high standing in the world of forests. Consequently, this column invites readers to ponder on ten of the nation’s most celebrated attributes in the world of forests. These are listed below, in no order of ranking.
Reasons 1-5
First, typically one would find that textbook descriptions of the world’s forests claiming: “Guyana’s forests provide a habitat for a considerable number of animal and plant species; ecosystem services (including erosion protection); purification of water supplies; and, contribute to the
