ExxonMobil Foundation, Conservation International launch US$10m partnership

From left to right: Head of the ExxonMobil Foundation Kevin Murphy, Communications Representative of CI-G Sara Bharrat , Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana Ivelaw Griffith, President of Conservation International Jennifer Morris, Vice President of CI-G David Singh, Technical Director of CI-G, Curtis Bernard.

Conservation International-Guyana (CI-G)  and the ExxonMobil Foundation last Monday launched their US$10 million partnership which aims to advance a sustainable economy through investments in education, research, sustainable management and preservation of the country’s ecosystem,

The two will be working along with the University of Guyana (UG) and the Arizona State University (ASU).

CI-G has come in for flak for entering this partnership with the ExxonMobil Foundation. CI-G is a carbon-reducing, conservation organisation while ExxonMobil is a carbon releaser that has been accused of denying the impact of fossil fuels on climate change.