News/2 November 2026
Volunteer teams expand camera-trap grid in the Kanuku Mountains
Twelve new stations were installed along the southern boundary of the protected area during a nine-day deployment.
D. Ramkarran
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From the field
Short reports from the Kanuku Mountains Protected Area and the communities around it. Deployments, access, surveys and the practical business of working in southern Guyana.
News/30 October 2026
New species of bioluminescent mushroom documented in southern Guyana
A pale green glow on decaying wood led a survey team to a fungus not previously recorded in the Guiana Shield.
Priya Nauth
News/28 October 2026
Community rangers complete first wet-season biodiversity survey
Fourteen rangers from Lethem and Nappi finished a six-week survey covering nine forest blocks in the Kanukus.
Joel Simmons
News/26 October 2026
Heavy rainfall affects access to remote research stations in the Kanukus
Two river crossings are impassable after a week of storms, delaying resupply for three field camps.
D. Ramkarran
News/22 October 2026
Local students join Forest Dispatch as junior field assistants
Six students from schools in Lethem and Aishalton will spend the next two terms working alongside our reporting teams.
Elena Ferreira
News/19 October 2026
New observation of giant anteater in previously unmonitored sector
A single animal was recorded at dawn in grassland south of the protected area boundary, the first record from that sector.
Joel Simmons