Darwin Initiative team: United Kingdom High Commissioner Greg Quinn on Wednesday evening held a welcome back event for participants of the Darwin Initiative project launched here in 2017 and which was funded by the UK government.
The project, designed to integrate indigenous traditional knowledge into a national environmental conservation policy, was launched in September 2017, as part of efforts to protect Guyana’s biodiversity and alleviate poverty among the Indigenous peoples, at a cost of £400,000.
The areas of focus for the project were Indigenous communities 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.
In photo one of the team members share experiences during the project.
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