Courtenay Harewood
Talking about Guyana, oil and the last pristine rainforests in the world
Topics:
02:00 Start conversation Courtenay
03:53 Guyana Travel Awards and Guyana the Global Carbon Sink
05:46 Oil
07:50 Rainforests / Amazon / NASA
10:48 Negative Population Growth
12:17 Preservation & Iwokrama
19:14 Money talks
22:17 Health and the Rainforest
25:50 Prince Charles
http://guyanachronicle.com/2019/08/10/prince-charles-renews-patronage-to-iwokrama
28:38 Tourism or Investment
33:24 Plogging
37:00 Greta
ARTICLES DISCUSSED
In the Amazon rainforest, fire season has arrived. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured these images of several fires burning in the states of Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, and Mato Grosso on August 11 and August 13, 2019.
As of August 16, 2019, an analysis of NASA satellite data indicated that total fire activity across the Amazon basin this year has been close to the average in comparison to the past 15 years.
BRITAIN’S Prince Charles has extended his patronage of the Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development (IIC) for another term.
According to a release from the centre, the Prince of Wales will be patron of the centre for another term to support further the centre’s work to advance sustainable rainforest management.
Rovin starts doing the maths for me. “We have about 350 square kilometres of jungle and have applied to take over another 350 of what is now state land. We get about 200 visitors a year and we want 400, no more. We don’t want to be rich, but we want to keep our forest. We do need money for medicines, education and supplies.”
Take away the tourists and the need for an income would soon drive these communities into the arms of loggers, ranchers, goldminers and oilmen.
“You know what,” I say to Rovin, “your jungle is full of treasures that are better than gold or oil.”
Even today the little-known South American country of Guyana remains uncharted territory for man, boasting around 85% forest cover from one of only four primary rainforests in the world.
Perhaps it comes as no surprise then that this mysterious land of dense jungle and hidden corners was the inspiration behind Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World.
The Discover Guyana pages are still active and sharing images and content that will inspire, remind travellers that there is still plenty of beauty in the world, and give them a taste of what discoveries await them in Guyana.
