{"id":21291,"date":"2024-07-10T20:12:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T20:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21291"},"modified":"2024-07-10T20:13:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T20:13:04","slug":"guyana-to-develop-economic-model-for-biodiversity-and-ecological-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-to-develop-economic-model-for-biodiversity-and-ecological-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana to Develop Economic Model for Biodiversity and Ecological Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali has announced plans for Guyana to embark on creating an Economic Model for Biodiversity and Ecological Services, underscoring the critical role of biodiversity in everyday life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biodiversity encompasses essential services such as food provision, clean water, fuel, recreation, and temperature regulation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, President Ali highlighted the global absence of a unified model for managing and preserving biodiversity, exacerbated by threats from climate change which accelerates biodiversity loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Environmental Protection Agency will lead the crafting of this economic policy as part of broader efforts to enhance climate security and environmental sustainability in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali also announced alignment of Guyana&#8217;s environmental standards and legislative changes with those of the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision aims to strengthen environmental governance and harmonize regulatory frameworks to address shared challenges effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In collaboration with the King\u2019s Foundation, the government is advancing plans to transform Georgetown into a sustainable, climate-friendly city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative includes the modernization of two parks into green spaces, intended to showcase international best practices in urban sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These developments underscore Guyana&#8217;s commitment to environmental stewardship and climate resilience, positioning the nation as a proactive player in global environmental governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick, NCN News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali has announced plans for Guyana to embark on creating an Economic Model for Biodiversity and Ecological Services, underscoring the critical role of biodiversity in everyday life.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-low-carbon-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21293,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21291\/revisions\/21293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}