Environment
Persons caught littering could be fined $50K
The Guyana Police Force and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have intensified efforts to tackle littering across the country, warning that persons found improperly disposing of waste could face fines of up to $50,000. The joint initiative forms part of a wider government push to improve public health, environmental standards and national pride through stricter...
UN urges the world to ready for extreme heat risk from El Niño
GENEVA, June 2 (Reuters) – The United Nations weather agency forecast on Tuesday a moderate or possibly a strong El Niño that...
Panel discussion hosted to highlight conservation of Guyana’s Giant River Otters
The EMC Foundation, in collaboration with the Protected Areas Trust (PAT), hosted a panel discussion on Friday, May 29, 2026,...
Pradeepa Bholanath: Guyana’s lead climate negotiator
By Vishani Ragobeer in Dubai vishani@newsroom.gy Guyana is making a lot of noise internationally, hoping to convince more people that...
COP28: Guyana argues that payments to save animals, plants in its forests are also needed
By Vishani Ragobeer in Dubai vishani@newsroom.gy When a group of researchers stumbled upon an “exuberantly- coloured snake” in Warapoka in...
Commonwealth: Guyana to champion action on forest, biodiversity
Guyana will champion the Commonwealth Living Lands Action Group on sustainable green cover and biodiversity, committing itself to lead coordinated...
COP28: Suriname, like Guyana, says its vast forests will be protected as oil sector develops
By Vishani Ragobeer in Dubai vishani@newsroom.gy At the northern edge of the South American continent sit two countries, Guyana and...
Opinion: Carbon credits are benefitting Guyana
By Melena Pollard, Toshao of Rivers’ View If you boarded a boat in Bartica and crossed the Essequibo River, after...
COP28: Guyana champions its low carbon strategy as an int’l development model
By Vishani Ragobeer in Dubai vishani@newsroom.gy Why should anyone pay attention to Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy, or the LCDS?...
At COP28, is the ‘climate’ right to talk about Guyana’s border controversy?
By Vishani Ragobeer in Dubai vishani@newsroom.gy About 70,000 people have landed in Dubai for this year’s annual United Nations climate...
President, Vice President in Dubai for Climate Summit. Why?
By Neil Marks in Dubai neil@newsroom.gy President Irfaan Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo are among leaders who have arrived...
What is COP28 and why is Guyana making a big deal of it?
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Guyana will be represented at the upcoming 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework...
U.S. investing millions to help Caribbean fight impacts of Climate Change
Guyana is among Caribbean countries to benefit from a multi-million-dollar initiative by the United States Government to help its response...
Washed away: People who help protect the turtles losing their home
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Almond Beach is an Indigenous community and one of 10 beaches found along the 75-mile-long Shell...
Pink River Dolphins found in Rupununi
The Manari Ranch, Field Museum Chicago, and local field biologists, supported by WWF, conducted the first environmental DNA (eDNA) survey...
Guyana wants to partner with Costa Rica on forests, food & energy security
President Dr. Irfaan Ali expressed Guyana’s interest in collaborating with Costa Rica on the protection of forests and promoting both...
Guyana secures more support for its ambitious forest-saving plans
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy Prolific oil finds offshore Guyana have made the tiny country, located on the northern edge of...
Money from trees: What of Indigenous people and their rights? And do they benefit from the carbon trade?
By Neil Marks neil@newsroom.gy After years of campaigning by Guyana and other forest-rich nations, there is finally a mechanism to...
