Guyana is one of the most forested countries in the world. According to the Guyana standard for sustainable forest management, forests cover about 85 percent of its surface area, around 18.07 million hectares. Most of the forest is tropical rainforest, and much of it remains in primary condition.
Conservation work in Guyana centres on balancing protection with the needs of local communities and the national economy. Key topics include reduced-impact logging, protected-area management, biodiversity monitoring, and payments for ecosystem services such as carbon storage. The country’s low deforestation rate makes it a reference case for tropical forest policy.
Related cases include Amazon rainforest management in Suriname and tropical forestry management in Gabon. Conservation biology more broadly is covered by lemur conservation in Madagascar and conservation biology in the Galapagos, which treat island and tropical species protection from different angles.

