RUPUNUNIWILDLIFE.ORG

The Rupununi Wildlife Research Unit (RWRU) is a research collaboration between a faculty member at the University of Florida and a growing number of indigenous villages, private ranches and conservation organizations in the Rupununi region of Guyana. We utilize a team-based approach to managing our projects and value scientific and traditional ecological knowledge equally, putting all members on even ground. Since 2011, we have trained more than 100 local researchers from communities across the Rupununi in a wide variety in a wide variety of research techniques. Our scaffolded approach to building capacity promotes the emergence of leaders by generating new challenges, creating new opportunities to learn, and granted increasing autonomy. Members of our leadership team (below) have worked with us for years and now lead teams of their own, as well as inform the direction of our research questions, methodologies, and decision-making. This page serves as a communication tool where we can..

Primary location: Gainesville United States