Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development: 10 Years of Integrating Conservation and Sustainable Use

摘要

A decade after the Iwokrama International Centre was established as the flagship environmental programme for the Commonwealth and Guyana, its work is even more relevant with the continued unsustainable use of the world's tropical rainforests, and thesubsequent loss in the capacity of the world's forests to absorb escalating carbon emissions. The Centre recently announced the completion of its ambitious business plan that will successfully take the Centre through to the end of 2010. By then, the Centre expects to become a leading authority on the development of models for commercially sustainable, practical and community-inclusive conservation businesses based on tropical forests and their natural assets.