Regional Information-
Capital CityGeorgetown
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Regional Relationshipsall of the area west of the Essequibo River is claimed by Venezuela preventing any discussion of a maritime boundary; Guyana has expressed its intention to join Barbados in asserting claims before UNCLOS that Trinidad and Tobago's maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into their waters; Suriname claims a triangle of land between the New and Kutari/Koetari rivers in a historic dispute over the headwaters of the Courantyne; Guyana seeks arbitration under provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to resolve the long-standing dispute with Suriname over the axis of the territorial sea boundary in potentially oil-rich waters
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Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements
Challenges
Water pollution from sewage and agricultural and industrial chemicals; deforestation
International Agreements
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements -
Humanitarian Projects -
Native Languages English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu
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Climate tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to August, November to January)
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