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GUYANA: IMBOTERO RESEARCH CENTER : Merging Coastal Communities

GUYANA: IMBOTERO RESEARCH CENTER : Merging Coastal Communities & Science

The Imbotero Research Center (IRC) is a new field facility designed to accommodate international researchers in biological sciences, environmental studies, and cultural/ethnographic subjects.

GUYANA: World Poetry Day – 21st March 2023 – Moray House Trust

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Once again we have organised (and pre-recorded) a recital for World Poetry Day.

This year we had an excellent response to our call for submissions.
It is our privilege to host poets and readers from Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, St. Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago as well as Guyana.

Event: World Poetry Day
Date:  Tuesday 21st March 2023
Time:  11.00 AM Guyana
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Guyana: How Did My European Ancestors Migrate to Guyana? – Rohlehr family

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

Dear Professor Gates:  RE the Rohlehr family

I am a first-generation American whose family hails from Guyana (and, further back, Germany). My father has a German last name: Rohlehr (pronounced “Rohlair”). I would like to know more about my ancestors in that line who first came to Guyana from either Germany or the Netherlands. 

The story goes that during the Bismarck era in Germany, my ancestor Gertrude Rohlehr had seven sons. Six were killed in war, so she sent her remaining son, Swartz, away from Germany to save him. He made his way to New Amsterdam, Guyana, from Holland, where he ended up having two sons, Peter and John, with an unknown African woman.                    Continue reading

GUYANA: The Barima-Mora Passage – video

GUYANA: The Barima-Mora Passage – video

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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.

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USA: The 10 Most Asian Cities in the United States – video

USA: The 10 Most Asian Cities in the United States – video

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GUYANA: ECO TRAVELLERS | A Reel Guyana Documentary

 ECO TRAVELLERS | A Reel Guyana Documentary

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Eco Travellers is a nature documentary following two travelers (both local and foreign) sharing the unique experience of Guyana’s eco tourism destinations within the Rupununi. Along their journey they learn that the country’s tourism model is strongly linked with the conservation of biodiversity and the natural environment.

GUYANA: 53rd Republic Anniversary Greetings from PPP and PNCR

‘Let Mashramani 2023 reflect camaraderie and oneness’ – PPP

See full statement from the Peoples Progressive Party/Civic:  On the occasion of Guyana’s 53rd Republic anniversary, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) expresses best wishes to…

Republic Anniversary greetings to all Guyanese – PNCR

See full statement from the Peoples National Congress:  Happy 53rd Republic Anniversary to all our fellow Guyanese at home and abroad. On this day, 53 years…

WORLD: ONE World Government INCOMING… !!! – By Neil McCoy-Ward – video

WORLD: ONE World Government INCOMING… !!! – By Neil McCoy-Ward – video

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DISASTER – What to Know About the Ohio Train Derailment – By Adrian Koop – Visual Capitalist

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GUYANA: Green Heart – video Caribbean Aqua-Terrestrial Solutions (CATS)

Green Heart – video – by Caribbean Aqua-Terrestrial Solutions (CATS)

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‘Green Heart’ is a recommendable film on sustainable tropical forestry in the Green Heart of Guyana, where greenheart (Chlorocardium rodiei) timber, which is native to Guyana and neighboring Suriname, is being harvested by the ‘Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development’ (IIC).

‘Green Heart’ was commissioned by the ‘Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit’ (GIZ) GmbH through the ‘Caribbean Aqua-Terrestrial Solutions’ (CATS) program and financed by the ‘German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development’ (BMZ). CATS is a regional development cooperation program jointly carried out by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and GIZ.

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