By Johann Earle

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Alertnet) - Guyana has not made the financial investment it needs to cope with worsening floods and rising sea levels, highlighting how poor countries are struggling to make climate change adaptation a spending priority, researchers say.

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to test disaster risk mechanisms

Georgetown, GINA, July 7, 2012

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) in conjunction with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will be hosting a simulation exercise entitled “Floodgate 2012” on Guyana’s National Risk Management Plan on July 12-13.

By Johann Earle

HOPE/DOCHFOUR, Guyana (AlertNet) – With rising sea levels posing a growing risk to agriculture on Guyana’s low-lying coastland, the government is exploring the feasibility of expanding cultivation of rice and other crops to the interior savannah.

But experts say several challenges must be overcome to bolster the tiny South American nation’s food security in the face of environmental hazards related to climate change.

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SUBJECT: Flooding in several regions of Guyana.

1 . EVENT : As a result rainfall over the last 8 days, several areas in all ten (10) Regions of Guyana were reported to be flooded.

SUBJECT: Flooding in several regions of Guyana.

1 . EVENT: As a result rainfall over the last 96 hours, several areas in all ten (10) Regions of Guyana were reported to be flooded.

SUBJECT: Flooding in several regions of Guyana.

1 . EVENT

As a result heavy rainfall over the last 84 hours, several areas in all ten (10) Regions of Guyana were reported to be flooded.

SUBJECT: Flooding in several regions of Guyana.

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As a result of heavy and continuous rainfall over the last 60 hours, several areas in all ten (10) Regions of Guyana were reported to be flooded.

SUBJECT: Flooding in several regions of Guyana.

The Hydrometrological Services predicted generally cloudy to overcast conditions and occasional showers can be expected over all the regions in Guyana. Isolated thunderstorm can be expected over some coastal and near inland areas (regions 2 to 6 and 10). Flash floods can be expected in flood prone areas of regions 2 to 6 and 10 as a result of the heavy rainfall. Rainfall is expected to be between 0.1mm and 30.0mm today, May 08, 2012.

By Desmond Brown

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 18, 2012 (IPS) - Its accolades include being labelled the breadbasket of the Caribbean as well as the Amazon adventure. But the natural environment for which the South American country of Guyana is famous is also reeling from the effects of climate change.

Over the past few years, former president Bharrat Jagdo has led several initiatives resulting in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country gaining much recognition for its ecosystem management, biodiversity conservation and climate change efforts.