Iwokrama's Partners

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Academy of Natural Sciences (USA): research and publications

Auburn University: research

Audubon Latin America: School Yard Ecology & Cycle of Inquiry

Australia, Commonwealth of: senior staff support

British High Commission, Foreign Office: wildlife conservation regulations

British High Commission: consultations on wildlife regulations

CABI Bioscience: natural products development

Calgary Zoo: School Yard Ecology, environmental education

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA / ACDI): institutional change, administration, and community based tourism, ecotourism internships

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH): crabwood oil production and marketing

Centre for International Forestry Research: collaborative MOU

Centre for the Study of Biological Diversity, University of Guyana: research

Chase Foundation: Wildlife Clubs

Chicago Museum of Natural History: research

Columbus Zoo: publications, Ranger uniforms

Community and Tourism Services: canopy walkway operator

Conservation Food and Health: Arapaima management

Conservation International: ranger training

Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology: ranger training

Dagron International

Darwin Initiative (UK Government): wetlands monitoring

Declining Amphibian Task Force: amphibian monitoring

Department for International Development, UK (DFID): senior staff, sustainable human development, training, community development

Diane Ledder Foundation: Giant Otter surveys

Divisional Intelligence Committee, Guyana: road security

Earth Tours Ltd.: tour operator

Ecole Superieure de Commerce International: internship programme

Eden Project (UK): research and information dissemination

Environmental Assessment Board, Guyana: member

Environmental Protection Agency, Guyana: collaborative MOU and collaborative research and monitoring, committee membership - National Biodiversity Advisory Committee, Green Fund Committee, National Environmental Education Advisory Committee

Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. (ESRI): GIS software and equipment

European Union: wilderness preserve and road management planning, natural products laboratory

Evergreen Adventures Inc.: tour operator

Felts, Shirley: artist

Fisheries Department of the Ministry of Fisheries, Crops and Livestock: fisheries management collaborative MOU

Florida International University: research

Forest Producers Association: partners for timber development

Foto Natura: wildlife photographers

Gateway School, New York: Giant Otter Pen Pal Programme (research & conservation)

Global Environment Facility (UNDP): early institutional development, resource surveys

Government of Maldives: institutional support

Government of Mauritius: institutional support

Greenheart Conservation Company, Ltd.: canopy walkway design and construction firm

Guyana Aquarium Traders - Partner for aquarium fish business

Guyana Broadcasting Corporation: community radio in the Rupununi

Guyana Forestry Commission: collaborative MOU, GIS, forest inventory, management planning, research coordination

Guyana Integrated Natural Resources Information System (GINRIS): technical committee member

Guyana Marine Turtle Conservation Society (GMTCS): training, capacity building, collaborative MOU

Guyana National Initiative for Forest Certification: board member, certification

Guyana National Museum: committee member

Guyana School of Agriculture: part-time lecturing

Guiana Shield Initiative: Guiana Shield regional integration, publications

Guyana Tourism Authority: member

Holloman-Price Foundation: computer laboratory at field station

Hopscotch, Canada: web site publications

IUCN Netherlands: aquarium fish trade

Imperial College (UK): research

Information Network for Science and Technology (INSAT): steering committee member

International Development Research Centre (IDRC):

Intellectual Property Rights

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD): internship programme

International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO): timber production planning, ecological monitoring, and timber surveys; see ITTO member countries

Jacksonville Zoo: in-situ wildlife conservation (Jaguars, Otters, Harpy Eagles)

Jesuit Scholarship Fund - committee member

Karanambu Trust, Rupununi, Guyana: advisory board member

Keane University: research

MacArthur Foundation: Board of Trustees Meeting

Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development: fisheries management

Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, Guyana: community institutional development, Iwokrama Board of Trustees

Ministry of Tourism and Industry - marketing, advisory

National Audubon Society: Citizen Science Monitoring

National Protected Areas Secretariat: membership

North Rupununi District Development Board: Iwokrama Board of Trustees, collaborative MOU, partnerships, research

Open University (UK): research

Oxford University (UK): expedition

Philadelphia Zoo: Radio Paiwomak, wildlife conservation (Song Birds, Otters and Jaguars), Giant Otter Pen Pal Programme, and environmental education

Private Sector Commission, Guyana: partners for business development

Rain Forest Alliance: Wildlife Club training

Ramsar Secretariat: Government of Guyana accession to Ramsar

Reid, Fiona: wildlife artist

Rock View Lodge: Iwokrama merchandise outlet, tourism partner

Roehampton Institute: research

Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew: natural products research

Royal Holloway, University of London: research

Royal Ontario Museum: research and publications

Rupununi Restaurant, Maine: Arapaima surveys

Shell Beach Adventures: tour operator

St. Joseph's College (USA): art work

Surama Village: Iwokrama merchandise outlet, tourism partner

Torong Guyana Co. Ltd.: tour operator

Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana: member

Tropenbos: reduced impact logging, research

United Nations development Programme: training and technical support

United States Agency for International Development (USAID): initial support for development of the field station

University of Calgary (Canada): research

University of Colorado (USA): research

University of Ernst-Moritz-Arndt (Germany): research

University of Guyana: research, student advisors, lecturing, natural products laboratory

University of Hertfordshire (UK): research

University of Manitoba (Canada): research

University of Strathclyde, UK: research

University of the West Indies: research, field training

University of the West Indies Centre for Environment and Development (UWICED): ecotourism planning

University of West England (UK): research

National Zoo (USA): Giant Otter surveys

Wartburg College(USA): research, field training

Wilderness Explorers: Iwokrama merchandise outlet, tour operator

Wildlife Conservation Society, through Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development: Arapaima management

Wildlife Division, Office of the President, Guyana - research

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust: research

World Bank: institutional and senior staff support

WWF & WWF-Guianas: Regional Integration Meetings, timber certification, road management