A new project designed to integrate indigenous traditional knowledge into a national environmental conservation policy was launched on Monday evening as part of efforts to protect Guyana’s biodiversity and alleviate poverty among the Indigenous peoples.
The “Integrating Traditional Practice into National Policy in Guyana” project is being undertaken by the Darwin Initiative, which was launched in 1992 to fund projects that help countries rich in biodiversity to meet objectives as it relates to environmental conservation and poverty reduction.
The project is expected to last a period of 3 years, 9 months, with funding that totals £400,000. The areas of focus for the project will be Indigenous communities living in and around Guyana’s five protected areas that hold biodiversity of global significance and critically endangered species: the Kanuku Mountains, Shell Beach, Kaieteur National Park, Iwokrama Forest, and the Konashen Community-owned Conservation Area.
