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Guyana on the spot : Iwokrama rainforest is the page of the month
IT'S HISTORIC : it's time to pay for services offered by rainforest including rainfall generation, climate regulation, biodiversity maintenance and water storage. Mongabay.com reports that "a private equity firm has purchased the rights to environmental services generated by a 371,000-hectare rainforest reserve in Guyana". Read the interview of Hylton Murray-Philipson of Canopy Capital by Rhett Butler. See also Biodiversity & Ecosystem Finance. Read The Independent (dated 24 November 2007). The Iwokrama Rainforest is the Page of the month.
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Iwokrama Field Station - Essequibo River, Guyana. (c). P.-M. Forget