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Contents of this page:
· General information
· Environmental & demographic information
· Environmental news
· International agreements, institutions & initiatives
· Environmental law
· Institutions
~ Government information and agencies
~ NGOs
· Trade issues
· Climate change
· Sustainable materials management, waste management & plastic pollution
· Freshwater
· Fisheries
· Biodiversity
Also see:
General information
Environmental and demographic information
Guyana Environmental Stats @ Nation Master
Guyana State of Environment Report
· 2016
· 310-page report containing comprehensive information about Guyana’s environment
National Environmental Summary of Guyana (by UNEP)
Introduction to environment and forestry in Guyana @ Mongabay
UCLA case study report on Guyana
· 2000, peer reviewed
National Implementation of Agenda 21, Guyana National Profile
· UN Commission on Sustainable Development, 1997
“Balancing Environmental Protection and Offshore Petroleum Developments in Guyana” (journal article)
Environmental news
International agreements, institutions & initiatives
Guyana @ International Environmental Agreements (IEA) Database Project
European Commission partnership with Guyana
Environmental law
Green State Development Strategy (GSDS)
Government information and agencies
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Environmental Protection Agency
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
Conservation International Guyana
· CI Guyana has the most comprehensive records on partnerships and projects in environmental conservation in Guyana.
Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (IICRCD)
Trade issues
Guyana National Trade Strategy (2021)
· UNCTAD document providing an overview of Guyanese national economic structure and trade policy, with coverage
of environmental and social impacts of the national economic strategy.
Guyana Green Industry and Trade Assessment (2019)
Climate Change
Guyana office of Climate Change
Sustainable materials management, waste management, & plastic pollution
Littering and plastic pollution in Guyana
· The Environmental Protection Agency provides reports on littering behaviors common in Guyana.
· The government, supporting multiple sustainability bills, including one that bans one-use plastics in
2021, is calling for mindful disposal of plastic wastes.
Guyana import of plastic hazardous wastes
Guyana EPA: bringing hazardous waste under control
Guyana: Environmental Management Plan on Wastes
Freshwater
Fisheries
Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Guyana
United Nations: Sustainable Development Goal in Guyana—Life Below Water
Caribbean Natural Resources Institute—Fisheries in Guyana
Biodiversity
2008 report on biodiversity and tropical forests of Guyana
Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity