Guyana : Acarai-Corentyne Corridor / Nigel Pitman, Cameron Rutt, Lesley S. de Souza, R. Elliott Oakley, Farah Carrasco-Rueda, Sophie Picq, and Jeremy M. Campbell, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pitman, Nigel, editor.

Rutt, Cameron, editor.

Souza, Lesley S. de, editor.

Oakley, Elliott, editor.

Carrasco-Rueda, Farah, editor.

Picq, Sophie, editor.

Campbell, Jeremy M., editor.

Field Museum of Natural History, issuing body.

Series:

Rapid inventories biological and social ; no. 32.

Rapid biological and social inventories ; report no. 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiversity--Guyana.

Biodiversity.

Conservation biology.

Ethnoecology--Guyana.

Ethnoecology.

Guyana--Environmental conditions.

Guyana.

Ecology.

Physical Description:

300 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Field Museum, Keller Science Action Center, 2025.

Language Note:

The text is in English, with summaries in Waiwai, Wapishana, and Trio.

Summary:

In November 2024, local Indigenous experts joined forces with Guyanese and international scientists to explore a vast wilderness of remote rivers and rainforests in southern Guyana. Together, this large multidisciplinary team detailed the complex history and deep ecological knowledge of nearby Indigenous communities, alongside the geology, plants, and vertebrates of this 1.5 million-hectare expanse. What they uncovered--using techniques as time-tested as poison vine fishing and as cutting-edge as environmental DNA--was an abundance of previously undocumented petroglyphs, a spectacular diversity of plants and animals, and an undisturbed landscape that harbors dozens of undescribed species. This report synthesizes those discoveries, consolidating a clear set of ideas about how Guyana can leverage these lands and waters to advance its ambitious conservation goals.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-292).

ISBN:

9798218622114

OCLC:

1530058158

Publisher Number:

90103498160