Caribbean Life, N 16 ovember 15-21, 2019
Guyanese
conservationist to
speak at Guyana’s
Consulate, New York
By Tangerine Clarke
The Consulate General of Guyana
to New York, Barbara Atherly will host
Dr. Raquel Thomas-Caesar, director,
resource management and training of
Iwokrama, Guyana, in a presentation
titled: Iwokrama: Guyana’s Gift to the
World, on Dec. 5, from 6 pm to 8 pm,
at the Consulate, 308 W 38th St., New
York City.
With more than 24 years of management,
research and training experience
in natural resources management with
in-depth knowledge of sustainable forest
management including forest certification
issues, tropical forest ecology,
bio-diversity, and climate issues, Dr.
Thomas Caesar, will share her knowledge,
on a celebration of 30 years, since
one million acres of Guyana’s rainforest
were made available to the world for
research and development.
Her management, nature based tourism,
capacity building, and community
related work in the environment will
allow her to share pertinent information
on tropical forest ecology and related
training on the environment, she
earned during studies in Paramaribo,
Suriname, the Netherlands, London,
Philippines and Australia.
The conservationist, who has held
discussions on Guyana, is demonstrating
sustainable use of rainforest
resources at Yale University in New
Haven, Connecticut, will also, through
a power-point demonstration share the
beauty of Guyana’s rainforest and vast
hinterlands during her two-hour presentation.
Dr. Raquel Thomas-Caesar.
Dr. Thomas-Caesar, the former head
of planning and research at the Guyana
Forestry Commission, researcher,
Tropenbos Guyana program, and CEO,
with responsibilty for the development
of business partnerships for timber harvesting,
training and tourism, is expected
to generate much attention during
the engagement and Q&A following her
presentation.
For more information, go www.guyanaconsulatenewyork.
org, www.iwokrama.
org, or call 646-213-9793.
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