Minister of State, Joseph Harmon was on Monday paid a courtesy call by a delegation from the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) led by the organisation’s South American Programme Director, Dr. Antje Mueller. A release from the Ministry of the Presidency said that the visiting team was accompanied to the Ministry of the Presidency by Commissioner of the Protected Areas Commission (PAC), Denise Fraser. The delegation will hold meetings with the PAC’s technical team, visit the Kanuku Mountains Protected Area, where they have been focusing much of their support and engage with the PAC and other partners on strengthening of partnerships, the release said.
Dr. Mueller, who is on her second visit to Guyana, spoke of the commitment of the FZS to working with the PAC and the Government to further its protected areas programme.
In 2015, the Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the FZS. This agreement saw the organisation providing the PAC with the services of two experts; Dr. Anoushka Kinahan and Thadaigh Baggallay.
