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Reports, research and legal resources behind the issues, each linked to its original, authoritative source.

Forests & carbon 1

Guyana country dashboard (Global Forest Watch)

Dashboard of forest cover and loss for Guyana; it reports 18 Mha of natural forest in 2020, over 88% of the land area.

World Resources Institute (Global Forest Watch)GuyanaForests & carbonDashboard
Maps & evidence

Biodiversity & wildlife 1

Protected Planet: Guyana

World Database on Protected Areas page for Guyana, listing five nationally designated protected areas and management effectiveness data.

UNEP-WCMC and IUCNGuyanaBiodiversity & wildlifeMap portal
Maps & evidence

Water & coasts 3

Global Mangrove Watch: Guyana

Country view of the mangrove monitoring platform, with remote sensing data on mangrove extent and change in Guyana.

Global Mangrove WatchGuyanaWater & coastsDashboard
Maps & evidence

EMSR514: Flood in Guyana

Rapid flood maps and vector data for the Pomeroon, Upper Cuyuni and Upper Mazaruni after June 2021 floods hit over 28,000 households.

Copernicus Emergency Management Service14 Jun 2021GuyanaWater & coastsMap portal
Maps & evidence

Climate & energy 4

FIRMS Fire Map

Near real-time active fire map from MODIS and VIIRS satellites, with data downloads and email alerts for chosen areas.

NASA (LANCE FIRMS)GlobalClimate & energyMap portal
Maps & evidence

Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS)

GEO and Copernicus wildfire system bringing together fire data to assess fire regimes and effects and support wildfire management.

European Commission Joint Research CentreGlobalClimate & energyMap portal
Maps & evidence

Copernicus Browser

Online tool to search, visualise and download Sentinel satellite imagery.

European Commission, Copernicus Data Space EcosystemGlobalClimate & energyMap portal
Maps & evidence

Drought Bulletin

Archive of Guyana's drought bulletins and outlooks, issued since at least 2019.

Hydrometeorological Service, Ministry of AgricultureGuyanaClimate & energyWeb page
Maps & evidence

People & culture 1

Policy & development 3

geoBoundaries country files

Open-licence (CC BY 4.0) administrative boundary files for every country, including Guyana, for download.

geoBoundariesGlobalPolicy & developmentDataset
Maps & evidence

Geological Services maps

GGMC page on the 1:1,000,000 Regional Geology and Mineral Occurrences maps of Guyana, geochemical surveys and other geological data.

Guyana Geology and Mines CommissionGuyanaPolicy & developmentWeb page
Maps & evidence

Maps, Plans and Gazetteer

Catalogue of GLSC maps, gazetteer, aerial photographs and digital map products from its Land Information and Mapping Division.

Guyana Lands and Surveys CommissionGuyanaPolicy & developmentWeb page
Maps & evidence
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