The Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Develop-ment, celebrating 25 years of the signing of the Iwokrama Act, is continuing with partnership building with several key agencies, the organization noted in a recent press release.
Iwokrama in expressing its appreciation recognized all the agencies that have joined forces to ensure that Guyana’s natural resources be managed and protected. The release stated that last month, Iwokrama formalized a Memorandum of Understanding with the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission and the Guyana Marine Conservation Society (GMCS) and hosted several groups of youth apprentices. Additionally, Iwok-rama staff, the Corp of Wardens and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) participated in a ranger exchange programme and joint operation to check on illegal gold mining in the Siparuni Area. Iwokrama’s release noted that the Centre enjoys a long term and solid relationship with the GPF. Iwokrama, as part of its collaboration programme, was invited by the Protected Areas Commission (PAC) to send rangers and other staff to assist and learn about Sea Turtle Monitoring. The release stated that Iwokrama and the PAC collaborate very often with training exchanges being held for staffers on a wide variety of courses/workshops over the years.
