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GUYANA CELEBRATES THE BIGGEST HOUR FOR EARTH.

Local celebrities, national leaders, individuals, youth, civil society organisations and businesses came together at 8:30 pm on Saturday, 25  March, to Give an Hour for Earth and raise their voices for the jaguar.  Earth Hour Receives strong support from local businesses.   The government of Guyana supported the Biggest Hour for Earth and  remains committed to providing leadership in the global fight against  biodiversity loss and climate change. 

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 Yesterday at 8:30 pm local time (25  March), hundreds in Guyana joined with millions of people from 190 countries and  territories in a moment of global unity pledging their support for WWF’s Earth Hour. 

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Promoted as the ‘biggest hour for earth’, the Earth Hour event focused on protecting  the iconic jaguar by promoting the Jaguar Roadmap 2030 initiative. Present at the  event were key public figures, including Mr Robert Persaud – Chairman of the PAC  Board of Directors and Foreign Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and 

United Nations Resident Coordinator Ms Yesim Oruc, who, together with Guyanese from various sectors of society, gathered at the National Park to ‘give the jaguar a  voice’. 

For the first time in Guyana, Earth Hour, we received strong support from the  business sector, which included the Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry (main  partner), ANSA McAL Group of Companies, Darthan Investments, and Boxhill Juices.  Many of Guyana’s leading nature and civil society conservation organisations also  participated in celebrating Earth Hour; Guyana Youth and Environment Network, 

Youth Action Network, Protected Areas Commission, the Environmental Protection  Agency, Policy Forum Guyana, Guyana Tourism Authority, Guyana Wildlife  Conservation and Management Commission, Hyde Park Zoo Sanctuary and  Tropical Gardens Inc., Guyana Marine Conservation Society, Sustainable Wildlife  Management, Save Soil and Rupununi Adventures.  

Delivering his feature address at the event, Mr Persaud reiterated the government’s  commitment to protecting natural habitats. He expressed his endorsement of WWF’s work in jaguar conservation. Mr Persaud said that “through the LCDS 2030, the government intends to expand the protected areas system initially to 17% by 

2025 and progressively to 30% by 2030, allowing for a greater focus on species  conservation. Mr Persaud went on to say that the government is happy to  collaborate with WWF and is pleased that WWF is using the occasion of Earth Hour  to put the issue of species conservation high on the agenda.  

This is the ninth year of Earth hour in Guyana, and WWF will continue to use this  platform to address climate change and biodiversity loss issues. Aiesha Williams, WWF-Guianas Country Manager, Guyana Office, in her remarks, stated that “WWF’s interest is to scale up our work towards preserving the jaguar population and  ecosystems in Guyana and across the Guianas, contributing to the sustainable  development of people and communities coexisting with jaguars. And to do so with  an inclusive approach, with partners, especially with communities, will remain a key  pillar of our work”. 

The event also featured local celebrities Vanilla -multi-time winner of the Soca  Road March– who performed her hit song ‘One Voice’ and led the crowd into the  Lights-off segment of the event. Talented vocalist Abel Stokes also raised his voice in song for the jaguar with renditions of popular pop and reggae songs. Other  attractions included jaguar information booths, games, unveiling the jaguar mural,  and lighting up the Earth Hour emblem, all set to music by the Buxton steel band  orchestra.  

The earth Hour activities in Guyana were also held in South Rupununi, where our  partner organisation, the South Rupununi District Council (SRDC), held a community ‘jaguar art competition’ in the lead-up to Earth Hour. On the night, youths from the community gathered around a campfire for games and stories in  the village of Aishalton.  

WWF’s Earth Hour campaign globally encouraged individuals, communities and  businesses to give an Hour for Earth. WWF challenged the public to provide as many  hours as possible and log them in its online ‘Hour Bank’ – an online count of all the  planet-positive activities pledged by people for Earth Hour this year. With a target  of reaching 60,000 hours or seven years’ worth – mirroring the time we have left to  restore nature and course-correct for the sake of people and the planet – WWF saw  an incredible total of more than 410,000 hours pledged on the ‘Hour Bank’. 

The public was also encouraged to ‘switch off’ from everyday distractions and Give  an Hour for Earth. Earth Hour events and celebrations popped up all over the globe, which saw people from all walks of life come together to celebrate our one shared  home. 

About Earth Hour  

Earth Hour is WWF’s flagship global environmental movement. Born in Sydney in  2007, Earth Hour has grown to become the world’s largest grassroots movements  for the environment, inspiring individuals, communities, businesses and  organizations in more than 190 countries and territories to take tangible  environmental action. Historically, Earth Hour has focused on the climate crisis, but  more recently, Earth Hour has strived to also bring the pressing issue of nature loss  to the fore. The aim is to create an unstoppable movement for nature, as it did when  the world came together to tackle climate change. The movement recognizes the  role of individuals in creating solutions to the planet’s most pressing environmental  challenges and harnesses the collective power of its millions of supporters to drive 

change. Visit www.earthhour.org to find out about Earth Hour events around the  world. Together, let’s create the Biggest Hour for Earth. 

About WWF 

WWF is an independent conservation organisation with over 5 million supporters  and a global network active in over 100 countries. WWF’s mission is to stop the  degradation of the Earth’s natural environment and to build a future in which  humans live in harmony with nature by conserving the world’s biological diversity,  ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting  the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption. Visit www.panda.org/news for  the latest news and media resources, and follow us on Twitter @WWF_media.

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