Wildlife Management

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Securing the future of Guyana’s wildlife through effective, sustainable management, and conservation is the ultimate purpose of our Commission. Wildlife management has undergone significant changes over the years, commencing with the creation of the Wildlife Division to regulate wildlife export in the 1980s.

Sector: Natural Resources Management
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Location: Ganges Street, Sophia, Georgetown, Guyana
Phone: (592) 223-0940
About: The Act also establishes the Wildlife Scientific Committee which is responsible for advising the GWCMC on a range of matters including trade, setting of quotas and captive breeding. As a requirement of CITES, the GWCMC is designated as the CITES Management Authority for Guyana overseeing all international wildlife trade and the WSC is the CITES Scientific Authority of Guyana.