The Iwokrama Science Committee held its inaugural meeting earlier this month where brainstorming sessions on a new research strategy for the Iwokrama forest conservation programme were held.
A release from the Iwokrama International Centre (IIC) yesterday said that the inaugural meeting took place at the Iwokrama River Lodge on February 12-13, 2018 with key Iwokrama staffers in attendance.
Initial members of the Science Committee include Professor Kamal Bawa (University of Massachusetts, Boston and ATREE Trust), Dr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza (former Executive Secretary of Convention for Biological Diversity, Dr. Thomas Wagner (Edinburgh University), Dr. Patrick Chesney (Agro Forestry Expert and formerly of UNDP), Calvin Bernard (University of Guyana), Andrew Mitchell (Global Canopy Programme), Dane Gobin (CEO, Iwokrama) and Dr. Raquel Thomas (Iwokrama).
The release said that