The Guiana Shield Media Project (GSMP) team has just completed the production of the Guiana Shield Initiative (GSI) web site

The Guiana Shield Media Project (GSMP) team has just completed the production of the Guiana Shield Initiative (GSI) web site. The Guiana Shield Initiative is an ambitious ecoregional project with the aim of setting up a sustainable financial mechanism to conserve the unique in-tact ecosystems of the Guiana Shield.

The Guiana Shield Media Project (GSMP) team has just completed the production of the Guiana Shield Initiative (GSI) web site. The Guiana Shield Initiative is an ambitious ecoregional project with the aim of setting up a sustainable financial mechanism to conserve the unique in-tact ecosystems of the Guiana Shield. The premise is that without financial stability for conservation and sustainable development activities, the natural resources of one of the few remaining expansive tracts of primary forest will disappear due to exploitation for short-term financial gains via destructive activities, such as logging, mining, the advancing agricultural frontier and ill-planned infrastructure.

The GSI is taking a consultative and collaborative approach involving local communities, local and national authorities, NGOs, international NGOs, and scientists, to identify priorities for conservation and the needs for sustainable livelihoods in the region. This will be done in close partnership with existing initiatives and the organisations already active in the Guiana Shield.

The GSI is a project undertaken by the Netherlands Committee for IUCN (NC-IUCN).The GSI has received funding from the Directorate General of International Co-operation of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS) for the first phase of the GSI. The project officially started on 1 December 2000 and Phase 1 will last for 18 months.

The GSI web site can be viewed at http://www.guianashield.org

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