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…
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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…
Art’s Controversial Certification of Carbon Credits to the Government of Guyana
Case Study on Challenges for “High-Integrity” Labels in Carbon Markets
APA defends decision to file complaint over lack of consultation on Carbon Credit sale
In its complaint to the REDD+ Secretariat, the APA recommended that the credits issued to Guyana that have not been purchased be suspended, and that no further credits be issued until the government fully respects the rights of indigenous peoples.…
Our Land, Our Life: Report for Region 7
A Participatory Assessment Of The Land Tenure Situation Of Indigenous Peoples In Guyana. Report for Region 7 July 2019