WWF-Guianas holds biodiversity engagement on reducing...

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opportunities of working together after a series of sector-specific focus groups discussions, bilateral interviews and meetings, and multi-stakeholder work sessions of the BioDev Project over the past 24 months. The outcomes and results of the entire project including those of the Consolidation event will be fed into WWWF Guianas national reports for the Convention on Biological Diversity through the EPA and will be instrumental in developing policy briefs to take the process forward.

Present at the event were representatives from several local agencies who participated in panel discussions, where they provided insight into the efforts their respective agencies are making to realize their biodiversity goals. The representatives included, Gavin Ramnarain, Head of Agriculture Research Center, Guysuco; Badrie Persaud, General Manager GRDB; Trecia David-Garnath, Registrar Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Board; Darcy Waldron, Head of the Environmental Unit, GGMC; Avalon Jagnandan, General Manager and William Woolford, Technical Consultant, GGDMA.