Global Biodiversity Alliance Summit Highlights Dozens of New Species Found in Landmark Biodiversity Survey of Guyana’s Southern Forests

Georgetown, Guyana & Chicago, USA — Findings from a rapid inventory of one of the most pristine and least-explored corners of the Amazon Basin were presented at the recent Global Biodiversity Alliance Summit in Georgetown, Guyana. An international...

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Strengthening Regional Resilience: WCO and GRA Host Operation TENTACLE Post-operational Workshop in Guyana

From 16 to 19 June 2025, the World Customs Organization (WCO) Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) Programme, in close collaboration with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), successfully hosted the Operation TENTACLE...

‘Our north is the south’: Softball leagues flourish in Brazilian city as Cuban arrivals outnumber Venezuelans for first time

If he had been able to choose, Roberto Hernandez Tello, 59, would have gone to the United States last May, when he left Cuba in search of a better life. However, due to Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policies, he ended up in Curitiba, in southern...

RG’s first National Youth Conference inspires future leaders in environmental protection

RECOVER Guyana (RG) has been an advocate for the environment, and the well-being of humans through opportunities that enrich and empower lives and foster environmental stewardship and long-term resilience. With the aim of “building a greener...

Renowned American journalist’s visit highlights growing ties between Northern Brazil, Guyana

AS Guyana’s oil-fuelled economic boom ripples across the northern tier of South America, its neighbours are moving quickly to position themselves within this emerging zone of growth. Nowhere is this more evident than in Brazil’s frontier state of...

Nandlall urges review of costs principles after dismissal of ‘frivolous’ electoral challenges

ATTORNEY General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, S.C., has renewed calls for the judiciary to re-evaluate the principles used to award legal costs in cases, especially those deemed frivolous and without merit. His comments come in the...

Guyana’s Bid to Monetise Nature

THE Global Biodiversity Summit has arrived with a hard-won credential: Guyana’s rainforests generate US15.2 billion in annual ecosystem services without a single tree felled. Rich with 8,000 plant species, 1,200 birds, and 225 mammals, this tiny...

Guyana to operationalise world’s first national biodiversity monitoring system by 2030 -President Ali announces

PRESIDENT Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has announced that Guyana will become the first country in the world to implement a fully standardised, border-to-border national biodiversity monitoring system by 2030. The National Biodiversity Information System...

Could CARICOM’s Green Finance Framework Unlock Billions In Climate Investment? 

News Americas, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mon. July 28, 2025: In a bold step toward climate-aligned growth, the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, and the International Finance Corporation, (IFC) have partnered to launch a regional green finance taxonomy – a...

Guyana launches free crop insurance programme for rice farmers

The Guyana government on Tuesday launched the first-ever crop insurance programme for rice farmers, with President Irfaan Ali saying that it will provide free coverage for 6,000 rice farmers across Guyana, particularly those most vulnerable to the...

GUYANA-DIVERSITY-Guyana to fully implement new national biodiversity monitoring system

Kares One Guyana T10: Who will claim the Essequibo crown?

THE air on the Essequibo Coast is thick with anticipation as cricket fans ponder the burning question: which team will emerge victorious from the Essequibo zone of the Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast and secure the final coveted spot in the...

President Irfaan Ali: Guyana experiencing explosive, equitable growth

On a 90-minute dri­ve from the Ched­di Ja­gan In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port to George­town, the cap­i­tal of Guyana, one night last week, three jour­nal­ists from Trinidad and To­ba­go were stunned by the seem­ing­ly end­less stream of trucks...

Guyana: No refinery talks before September election

Guyana’s Min­is­ter of Nat­ur­al Re­sources, Vick­ram Bhar­rat, says while the coun­try has not closed the door on part­ner­ing with T&T to re­open the Petrotrin Re­fin­ery in Pointe-a-Pierre, there are fac­tors they will have to con­sid­er...

GUYANA-ECONOMY-Guyana and Silvania announce new partnership to unlock biodiversity finance

Guyana signs MOU with Yale University to launch biodiversity research partnership

The Government of Guyana has signed a groundbreaking agreement with Yale University’s Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, establishing a long-term partnership that aims to position the country as a global leader in biodiversity research and...

‘The Guyana We Need’ campaign launched with youth-led environmental push

A message of youth empowerment and environmental activism took centre stage on Saturday as the ‘Guyana We Need’ campaign was officially launched at an event hosted at Marian Academy. More than 50 young people, including 10 Haitian migrant...

Guyana partners with Yale to advance global biodiversity science

The Government of Guyana yesterday formalized a strategic partnership with the Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change (YCBGC). The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed during the inaugural Global Biodiversity Alliance (GBA) Summit in...

Guyana Signs Historic Biodiversity Pact With Yale University

The Government of Guyana has signed a landmark agreement with Yale University’s Centre for Biodiversity and Global Change, launching a transformative long-term collaboration aimed at protecting the planet’s biodiversity. ‘The move comes as the...