Guyana Launches Global Biodiversity Alliance

Ashden announces new support for forest conservation pioneers in Africa, Asia and Latin America

🌍Ashden’s Thriving Forests programme has announced a second round of funding totalling £175,000 for seven organisations from Africa, Asia and Latin America, bringing the number supported through the programme up to 15. Thriving Forests protects and restores global tropical forests, through support for Indigenous Peoples and local community-led organisations. Its aim is to protect or restore

Guyana’s biodiversity leadership & global environmental agenda

Guyana’s emergence as a central force in global biodiversity preservation was unmistakably affirmed with the launch of the Global Biodiversity Alliance, an initiative spearheaded by President Irfaan Ali. The inaugural summit of this alliance, hosted in Georgetown, drew accolades from influential leaders and global institutions, placing Guyana firmly at the heart of an urgent and co-ordinated international response to one of the planet’s most pre…

Guyana-led Global Diversity Alliance to search for environmental protection funds

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 July 2025, 18:09 by Writer The leaders of Guyana and four other Caribbean nations were Wednesday among several signatories to a declaration establishing the Global Biodiversity Alliance (GBA) that seeks to mobilise funding and other types of international support to protect and restore the broad variety of life on planet ...

UK's David Lammy lauds Pres. Ali's action on biodiversity preservation - INews Guyana

Noting that biodiversity loss is as much a threat as climate change, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary, David Lammy has issued a call for stronger political will and more financing to tackle this growing issue. He made the appeal during a virtual address at the inaugural Global Biodiversity Alliance Summit ongoing in Georgetown. Guyana has joined […] The post UK’s David Lammy lauds Pres. Ali’s action on biodiversity preservation appeared first on…

Guyana launches Global Biodiversity Alliance

President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Wednesday officially launched the Global Biodiversity Alliance (GBA) in partnership with regional member states, conservationists, researchers and financiers at the Arthur Chung Conference Center (ACCC). Known as the “Georgetown Declaration,” the signatories committed to advancing efforts to support the Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) – an international agreement adopted in 2022 to halt and reverse biodiv…

St Vincent PM in Guyana for biodiversity summit

St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and his wife, Eloise, are in Guyana for the Global Biodiversity Alliance Summit. Gonsalves and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley joined President Irfaan Ali and other global leaders at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre for the official opening of the landmark summit. In his keynote address, President Ali called […]