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Guyana boat tragedy: Preliminary death toll revised to 41

The Rupununi River stretches approximately 500 km through Guyana, draining one of South America's most biodiverse savannas. During the wet season, the Rupununi floodplains expand to over 15,000 sq km,

Why Iwokrama matters now. In Guyana, forests create jobs, knowledge, and income. It remains largely undisturbed. The Iwokrama Forest was created by law in 1996 for research, conservation, and economic use. Its work affects livelihoods, tourism income, and environmental stability. These benefits matter to people across the country. Yet the forest faces a hard task. It must balance use and conservation in a changing global economy.

John Edmonstone was a Guyanese-born enslaved person and taxidermist who later became a taxidermy teacher in Edinburgh, Scotland. Edmonstone was best known as a mentor of young Charles Robert Darwin, w...