ecosensus partners

Makushi Amerindians:

Rita Francis, Makushi Research Unit.

Rebecca Xavier, Makushi Research Unit.

Lakeram Haynes, Iwokrama Ranger.

Particular responsibilities are piloting the software tools and capacity building course.

Coastlanders (residents of Guyana's coasts mainly of east Indian and African descent):

Zoe Perreira

Tariq Jagnarine

Jermaine Clark

Particular responsibilities are piloting the software tools and capacity building course.

The Open University Systems Department:

Dr Andrea Berardi

Professor Werner Ulrich (visiting professor)

Dr Martin Reynolds

Particular responsibility in exploring and further developing practical use of soft systems methodology and critical systems heuristics for design of decision support systems.

The Open University Knowledge Media Institute:

Dr Simon Buckingham Shum

Michelle Bachler, Java/Web developer

Software development lead partners.

Guyana Darwin Initiative Project:

Dr Jay Mistry from University of London Royal Holloway College

Dr Matthew Simpson from Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge.

Indranee Roopsind from Iwokrama- International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, Guyana.

The Darwin Initiative project provides the critical link to the end-user partners whom this project is serving.

University of Guyana:

Calvin Bernard, Lecturer, Centre for Biodiversity Conservation.

Co-ordinating research activities in Guyana.