Girendra Persaud, Author at Amerindian Peoples Association

What is Amazonia 2.0?

Amazonia 2.0 is a project that focuses on populations that “live in the forest and of the forest”, in a “bottom-up” work, that strengthens local capacities to create their management models to prevent, address and mitigate damage, safeguarding natural heritage.

Our Land, Our Life: Report for Regions 1, 2,7, 8 & 9

A Participatory Assessment of the Land Tenure Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Guyana Report for Regions 1, 2, 7, 8 & 9

Remembering the victims of the 2023 Mahdia Dormitory Fire

By Jean La Rose, Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) Today, May 21, 2024, marks the first anniversary of one of the most tragic days in Guyana’s history. Last year, five days before Independence Day, the Mahdia dormitory fire claimed the lives…

Amerindian Peoples Association rebuffs President’s attack

`It is sad and troubling that the government views differing opinions as destructive and rooted in political bias’ A non-governmental Indigenous Peoples organisation has taken issue with disparaging remarks made against it by Guyana’s Head of State at a meeting…

APA takes its carbon credits complaints to IACHR hearing in Washington

The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) continue to express their disagreement with the government’s handling of the carbon credit process with their participation in a thematic hearing on ‘the impact of carbon market expansion on Indigenous Peoples and local communities in…