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Roads are scarce in the Northern Amazon, and surprisingly, the few that exist have not triggered widespread deforestation. This apparent anomaly is largely the consequence of a development dynamic ...
From the low coastal plain surrounding Georgetown, we flew over a massive rainforest (the country is 80 percent virgin forest) to our eventual destination: the Rupununi region, a savannah ...
`Since climate change is basically a change or variation in weather conditions for extended periods, Its effects on Guyana can be severely drastic because the country’s low coastal plain is ...
A small group of Indigenous women in northern Guyana are flying drones and chasing data to help understand climate change and stop the worst of its impacts ...
Keeping low-lying Guyana's seawalls functioning is a challenge as tidal surges grow larger GOLDEN FLEECE, Guyana (AlertNet) – Emile Wilson points to three tractors fitted with rice ploughs ...
RUBY VILLAGE, Guyana (AP) — A small group of Indigenous women in northern Guyana are the latest weapon in the fight against climate change in this South American country where 90% of the ...
Heavy rains are flooding major swaths of Guyana's coastal capital and other low-lying areas.
This proves to be very beneficial along the low coastal plain since this area constitutes 90% of the country’s population as well the majority of its agricultural output.
It’s really hurting,” she said, trying to laugh away tears. Coastal changes in Guyana The Shell Beach Protected Area which hugs the Atlantic Ocean is part of Guyana’s low coastal plain, one of the ...
RUBY VILLAGE, Guyana (AP) — A small group of Indigenous women in northern Guyana are the latest weapon in the fight against climate change in this South American country where 90% of the ...