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,...
Guyanese wins 2024 Whitley Award to expand Indigenous-led protection of Red Siskin
UK charity the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) recognises Leroy Ignacio from Guyana with a Whitley Award for galvanising one of...
Billions in carbon revenues helping Amerindian communities with economic, social, cultural advancement
By Neil Marks neil@newsroom.gy Over the last year, $3.8 billion in payments were made to 232 indigenous communities across Guyana,...
News Room’s Neil Marks & Vishani Ragobeer win climate reporting awards
See below full release from Climate Tracker Caribbean: After much anticipation, we are thrilled to unveil the exceptional winners of...
New restoration, enhancement project for Guyana Zoo
See below full statement: The Protected Areas Commission (PAC) is slated to launch a restoration and enhancement journey for the...
Gov’t spending $26B on new mega canals to improve drainage, irrigation
New mega canals similar to the Hope Canal on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) is being constructed at a...
New project to help save plants, animals in Guyana
Several environmental bodies in Guyana are working together in a new project – the Amazon Sustainable Landscape Programme – as...
Local group to support students’ environmental advocacy, focus
See below full release: Recover Guyana is searching for Guyana’s ‘Top Youth Environmental Speaker’. The registered Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has...
Carbon credit funds: Billions paid to indigenous villagers. How have they spent it?
By Neil Marks neil@newsroom.gy Guyana’s pioneering Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), first put forward in 2009, set out how the...
Can Guyana help the Caribbean get the money it needs?
By Neil Marks neil@newsroom.gy The problem is clear: The Caribbean needs money. Money for what? To bounce back after being...
Guyana giving CARICOM US$2M from carbon credits funds
Guyana has pledged US$2 million to a Caribbean climate adaptation fund, money that it has earned for protecting its forests....
UN officials back Guyana’s focus on tackling food insecurity
Guyana hopes more countries will recognise the existing threat climate change and conflict pose to food security. That’s why it...
Monumental $600M project launched to develop Amerindian village plans
By Neil Marks neil@newsroom.gy A monumental project, valued at US$3M (or over G$600M) was Wednesday evening launched to help indigenous...
Guyana spending $300 million to replant trees in mined out areas this year
Guyana will this year spend about $300 million for land reclamation and reforestation purposes, a venture that promises to help...
UPDATE: Presence of Sahara dust plume to persist until Feb 07
See below the statement issued by the EPA: The Environmental Protection Agency hereby issues an update on its advisory posted...
Local organisations secure funding for marine projects
In a significant development for the local marine sector, the British High Commission has awarded grants to two environmental conservation...
COP28: Disappointment for Guyana as carbon market talks fail to advance
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy Dubai was at the centre of global conversations and negotiations on the climate crisis with this...
COP28: The ‘beginning of the end’ for fossil fuels?
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy This year’s global climate talks, COP28, came to an end on Wednesday with countries agreeing to...
Guyana’s Indigenous peoples reject Venezuela’s land grab plans
By Vishani Ragobeer in Dubai vishani@newsroom.gy Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro wants to expand mining in the forest-rich Essequibo area of...
