Source: caribbeannewsglobal.com, Editor, First Published February 22nd, 2026 To be hosted in Guyana, the Centre of Excellence will serve as an operational hub to drive biodiversity research and scale conservation best practices in line with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Plans include deploying AI and digital technologies to map, monitor and report progress, advancing Indigenous knowledge sharing as well as developing innovative bioeconomic models such as carbon and biodiversity credits. The Commonwealth and Guyana have a historic THE COMMONWEALTH AND GUYANA TO LAUNCH BIODIVERSITY CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE partnership in biodiversity dating back to 1989, when then-President Desmond Hoyte shared at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malaysia that Guyana, together with the Commonwealth, would study the utilisation of forests to find sustainable solutions for future generations. The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Hon. Shirley Botchwey, said: “We have walked this journey with Guyana since 1989, when the Iwokrama Forest was gifted to the Commonwealth. Today, we are rooting the entire Commonwealth in that wisdom. By establishing 9 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 13, ISSUE 02 OPENING LINES
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