Guyana – Legal, ecological and socio-economic baseline studies to inform sustainable wildlife management

Paemelaere, E.A.D.; David, O.; van Vliet, N.;

Guyana – Legal, ecological and socio-economic baseline studies to inform sustainable wildlife management

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 196 p.

Author Paemelaere, E.A.D.; David, O.; van Vliet, N.;

Publisher FAO ; CIFOR ; CIRAD ; Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-136190-0

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Synopsis (short abstract) This report entitled 'Guyana: Consolidated report of the legal, ecological and socio-economic baseline studies' is part of the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme technical report series. The SWM Programme in Guyana was started in 2017 with the aim of improving the conservation and sustainable use of wildlife. It empowers resident communities to exercise traditional rights of access and long-term use of wildlife resources as a source of food and livelihood, without depleting them. The SWM Programme in Guyana seeks to ensure that the Rupununi region (administrative Region 9) can continue to offer sustainable options for food security and livelihoods in accordance with traditional lifestyles. Simultaneously, it aims to maintain healthy wildlife populations through integrated sustainable co-management models. The SWM Programme is an initiative of the Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) funded by the European Union and co-financed by the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) and the French Development Agency (AFD). This seven-year programme (2017–2024) is being implemented in 15 OACPS member countries by a consortium of partners including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Centre for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). In Guyana, the SWM Programme is being implemented by CIFOR in collaboration with the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission.

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Paemelaere, E.A.D., David, O. and van Vliet, N. 2022. Guyana – Legal, ecological and socio-economic baseline studies to inform sustainable wildlife management. Rome, FAO, CIFOR, CIRAD, and WCS.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc0031en

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