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An Assessment of the Impacts of COVID-19 and Potential Recovery Measures for Sustainable Ecotourism Operations in Guyana

Indigenous and Community Conserved Area (ICCA) Terrestrial Protected Area
Livelihoods Management Effectiveness
Local communities Indigenous Peoples National or Local PA Agency
Eco-Tourism Sustainable Financing Survey/Data knowledge management
42,444 EUR Guyana; Caribbean Jan. 2, 2023 – Jan. 31, 2024

Protected and conserved area(s) concerned

Iwokrama Protected Rainforest Area

The BIOPAMA AC Objectives addressed

Increased resilience to major shocks and recovery of the protected and conserved areas including sustainable/innovative funding planning.

Project activities

The project intends to interview stakeholders from the Iwokrama Protected Forest Area which include indigenous community and staff of an Eco-Lodge in the protected area to identify how the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted their operation and livelihoods within the protected area. The information gathered will then be used to prepare an Eco-tourism recovery manual from the COVID-19 pandemic, scientific manuscripts to be submitted for peer review to international journals and several reports to be shared with the stakeholders of Iwokrama and the wider tourism sector of Guyana. The project will also enhance the promotion of Iwokrama through digital media advertisements and online platforms. The entire project will culminate with a tourism stakeholder’s conference where all the project findings will be shared to the larger tourism sector of Guyana.

The change the project implementation will bring for the protected area(s)

The Iwokrama Protected Area is a unique case study site that demonstrates the benefits of an effective eco-tourism model that enhances conservation efforts. The challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic are unique to the eco-tourism industry in general as the level of travel restrictions imposed globally was unprecedented. The eco-tourism operations in Iwokrama was not prepared for the measures taken to alleviate COVID-19 which has impacted the operations of its conservation efforts and the livelihoods of numerous indigenous communities. The change the project will therefore bring to the protected area is in better preparing the eco-tourism operation of Iwokrama for future pandemic circumstances similar to COVID-19 by understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic affected current operations.

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Implementing organisations:

Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Guyana

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