The Guyana Marine Conservation Society recently launched the website of the Imbotero Research Center – a facility established to accommodate international researchers in biological sciences, environmental studies, and cultural/ethnographic subjects in Region One.
The center is located at Imbotero in the Barima-Mora Passage Area (BMPA), the largest intact mangrove ecosystem in Guyana, with good access to the Shell Beach Protected Area, one of the world’s premier nesting places for several species of sea turtles.
Persons can access research, information about the Barima Mora Passage, the Indigenous community of Imbotero as well as receive assistance in arranging travel to the community.
“We tried to put as much information as possible about the research center and its surrounding on the website,” Head of the Guyana Marine Conservation Society (GMCS) Annette Arjoon-Martins said at the launch.
Arjoon-Martins noted that the GMCS is currently in the middle of a project with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to construct cabins to accommodate birding tourists as well as evaluate the Barima Mora Passage’s blue carbon potential.
Persons interested in learning about the Imbotero Research Center and its surroundings can access the website at the https://imbotero.org/imbotero-research-center/.
