The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) has signed a Memorandum of Understand-ing (MOU) with the National Toshaos Council (NTC) to collaborate on initiatives relating to community development, biodiversity conservation, sustainable livelihoods and other areas.
A release yesterday from Iwokrama said that the MOU also allows the two organisations to make joint funding proposals and to collaborate on project implementation.
The signing ceremony held at the NTC’s Hadfield Street Secretariat was attended by Vice Chairwoman, Toshao Sonia Latchman, Iwokrama’s CEO, Dane Gobin, Director for Resource Management and Training, Dr. Raquel Thomas, and Iwokrama Special Projects and Certification Coordinator – Anne-Marie Ford and Executive Members of the NTC.
Gobin stated that he was pleased to have engaged formally with the NTC which he says will widen the scope for collaboration between the two entities in order to support activities under the Low Carbon Development Strategy 2030. These activities will include but are not limited to collaborative research, sustainable natural resources management and preserving indigenous language and culture.
