GUYANA: The Barima-Mora Passage – video
Comments on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ThLJ1GJvA
Guyana’s most intact mangrove ecosystems are found within a very special place in Region One, known as the Barima-Mora Passage. Beyond its rich mangrove population, this area is home to a number of IUCN red listed species, rich biodiversity, and incredible indigenous culture. This documentary aims to raise awareness to the urgent need to protect such ecosystems, that are ultimately essential to ensuring that Guyana’s people and coastal biodiversity remain resilient to the threats of climate change.
Conservationists want protection for Barima-Mora Passage
The Barima-Mora Passage is one of the largest intact mangrove forests remaining in the country and recent biological surveys conducted in the area show that it is a biodiversity hotspot. On Wednesday last a presentation on Birds of the Barima-Mora Passage was held at Moray House and it was at this event that that the President of the Guyana Marine Conservation Society (GMCS), Annette Arjoon said: “…It is really, really urgent that we consider the importance to having this area (Barima-Mora Passage) being placed under some type of protection but also most importantly to have a co-management system where the indigenous communities mainly Waraus who live in the area are very much part of that protection.”
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