The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has started the rehabilitation of the entrance road to the Guyana Zoological Park that will address issues of flooding and erosion.
The work is being done through the Protected Areas Commission and is expected to last three months, the ministry said in a press release. The project is part of a larger effort to rehabilitate and modernise the zoo under the Three Parks Initiative launched by Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud.
While there are a number of challenges affecting the zoo, this is one small step towards transforming it into a modern facility. A larger master plan for the zoo has