President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that the government is seeking partnerships with universities to establish a biodiversity research centre in Guyana even as he boasted about the high forest cover.
This disclosure was made during the President’s keynote address at the Harvard Business School’s Virtual Faculty workshop on the microeconomics of competitiveness. At the time, Ali was speaking to the virtual workshop on the new Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030 programme.
President Ali stated that the government is open to working with the international community as it relates to applied research and development as part of the LCDS. He noted that the authorities are able to establish an international centre for biodiversity research.