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Research and Training in Tree Species Identification at Iwokrama

Explore the diverse flora and fauna of Iwokrama Rain Forest in Guyana, participate in sustainable management practices, conduct research on tree species, and engage in training programs. Collaborate with local communities and international partners for conservation and development initiatives.

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Research and Training in Tree Species Identification at Iwokrama

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  1. Research and Training Tree Species ID Iwokrama-Guyana Dr Raquel Thomas-Caesar Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development Tonka Island, Suriname September 2015

  2. Iwokrama A protected area An intact tropical rain forest One million acres (> 371,000 ha) Named after a Mountain Range – 1000 m Indigenous Makushi -‘Place of refuge’

  3. @ Olivier Chassot 2014 River Lodge and Research Centre

  4. Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development • An international experiment in sustainable development – Guyana & Commonwealth 1989 • An autonomous international multidisciplinary research and development centre • 1 million acres -2% Guyana’s Forest • Governed by an Act (1996) • One of 4 established Protected Areas

  5. Integrating Conservation with Sustainable Use • Wilderness Preserve (WP) • Sustainable Utilisation Area (SUA)

  6. Research • Training • Management • Monitoring • Ecotourism • Sustainable Timber harvesting • Other Business Development Projects • We collaborate with 16 neighbouring Amerindian communities (visit www.nrbbd.org) and with key partners including Government, private sector, indigenous groups, NGOs, universities, research institutions, schools and zoos.

  7. Research • Biodiversity surveys/research • Flora • Fauna • Forest utilisation studies • Timber • Non-timber forest products • Community Forestry • Volume and Decay Study • Biomass assessment • Bio-prospecting • Endophytic fungi • Wetlands research • Marketing research (Timber, NTFPs) • Social research • Community resource use mapping • Traditional ecological knowledge • IPR and benefit sharing • Impact of Iwokrama capacity building on community development • Ecosystem services • Alternative business development

  8. Tourist Cabins Iwokrama River Lodge and Research Centre Fred Allicock Building

  9. Atta Lodge –Canopy Walkway

  10. Facilities for Researchers and Student groups

  11. Turtle Mountain Camp

  12. Tree ID related studies • D B Fanshawe (Forestry Dept) • Principal Timbers 1954 • Vegetation of British Guyana, A prelim Review 1952 • Checklist of Indig Woody Plants of British Guiana 1949 • Tropenbos-Guyana (1989 – 2001) • Inventories/PSPs • Major Timber trees of Guyana, Field Guide 1992 • Checklist of woody plants of Guyana 1988 • Checklist of flowering plats of Mabura Hill 2003 • Non Timber Forest Products –Field Guide • Smithsonian Institution • Checklist of plants of the Guianas

  13. Tree ID related studies • Iwokrama • Inventories • PSPs (Timber related, Rainfor, Amazon Tree Diversity Gp) • Tree population studies in low-diversity forests, Floristic composition ….Johnston and Gillman 1995. • Plant Diversity of the Iwokrama Forest (Smithsonian) 2001) • Volume and Decay study (timber related)- Trevin 2009 • Guyana Forestry Commission • Inventories • PSPs (Moraballi, Chickabaru, Yarrokabra, Old tropenbos sites- Mabura Hill Forest Reserve, Pibiri )

  14. Current institutions- Training in Tree ID • Iwokrama- • Forest Botany/Dendrology • Guyana Forestry Commission (internal)- • Dendrology • Forestry Training Centre (external)- • Dendrology

  15. Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development www.iwokrama.org Request for Proposals for our Research and Science Programme http://iwokrama.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/RFP-Research-July-2014-V1.pdf Dr Raquel Thomas-Caesar Director for Resource Management and Training rthomas@iwokrama.org Vanessa Benn vbenn@iwokrama.org Check us out of Facebook and Instagram

  16. Thank You !

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