Our Environment

The Heliconia THE Heliconia is named after Mount Helicon, the seat of the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts and sciences in Greek mythology.

PetuniasTHE Petunia is a widely-cultivated genus of flowering plants of South American origin in the family Solanaceae.

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) – This famous beach resort, which will next week host international climate change talks, was itself born from the destruction of a potent resource to fight global warming.

FORTY YEARS after the first Earth Day, our world is in crisis. While climate change is the greatest public health challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity – an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean environment now and for the future.

The need for a new global climate deal is “greater than ever”, according to developing country delegates speaking at the opening of UN climate talks.

OUR PLANET supports a great diversity of species. This is easy to recognize as anyone can easily  list many types of insects, birds, fishes, snakes, frogs toads, palms, orchids, roses, grasses, fruit plants, mammals etc. Species of plants and animals have evolved, undergoing small changes over millions of years which make them adapted to live

MAN HAS always been dependent on the environment for food, shelter, recreation and livelihood opportunities. From the oceans and rivers to mangroves and rainforests, we benefit from the natural resources found in these environments. We also acknowledge that there are many natural processes that occur in the environment that benefit us and collectively sustain our

ON September 16th every year, the world observes International Ozone Day as attention is focused on the importance of the Ozone and the effects of our activities on increasing Ozone depleting substances being released into the atmosphere. This year, the theme is ‘Universal participation: Ozone protection unifies the world’. This theme is intended to highlight

PEOPLE HAVE different ideas about what the atmosphere is and what it is made up of. This week, we will take a closer look at the earth’s atmosphere, some of the changes that are occurring in it, and what we can do to help address or adjust to those changes. What is the atmosphere? The

ECOTOURISM is probably one of the most misused and misunderstood words in the tourism industry. However, it is becoming increasingly popular in many tourist destinations, including Guyana. With the impacts of Climate Change, the drive to preserve the environment and human health while deriving economic benefits from the natural environment is becoming the trend. Ecotourism,