Guyana's forests are also home to a vast array of plants with medicinal properties, some of which are used in traditional medicine. Further, estimates show that the active ingredients found in 25 ...

In 2009, the country signed an agreement with Norway, which promised Guyana more than $250 million to preserve its 18.5 million hectares, or nearly 46 million acres, of forests. Ali insists the ...

"Guyana has some of the most in-tact forest on the globe, so as conservation biologists, we want to go to places where we can make the biggest impact," De Souza said. Geology, plants, fishes ...

However, demand for Guyana’s resources is now threatening both the country’s forests and the traditional livelihoods of the indigenous communities that depend on them. Although one of the smaller ...

The rainforest in Guyana is a place that has hardly changed ... The whole jungle is in a delicate state of balance in which all plants, insects and animals depend on each other.