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Suriname has claimed a net-negative carbon economy since at least 2014. [4] This is in large part because dense forests cover over 93% of the country. [6] Most of the rainforest is still in pristine condition, [7] however it is being threatened by gold mining [8] and logging companies. [9] Agriculture contributes 40% of the country's emissions. [5]
Suriname's government has launched a process to attract potential investors to develop bauxite projects in the so-called Bakhuis area in the west of the country, it said in a statement on Saturday.
Climate change in both Suriname and the wider world is leading to hotter temperatures and more extreme weather. As a fairly poor country, its contributions to global climate change have been limited. Suriname has a large forest cover, the country has been running a carbon negative economy since 2014. [2]
Agriculture in Suriname is the third largest industry in Suriname, in the economy, [1] employing between 9-15% percent of the workforce, and account for 9% of GDP. [1] Agriculture accounts for 40% of carbon emissions in Suriname , [ 2 ] and is an important part of Suriname's policies as part of its Nationally Determined Contributions .
The number of people killed when an illegal gold mine collapsed in Suriname rose to 14 on Tuesday, with seven others missing in what is considered the South American country’s worst mining accident.
In Kosovo, a state-owned energy company plans to destroy a village to make way for expanded coal mining as the government and the World Bank plan for a proposed coal-burning power plant. The government has already forced roughly 1,000 residents from their homes. Many former residents claim officials violated World Bank policy requiring borrowers to restore their living conditions at equal or ...
The name Suriname may derive from an indigenous people called Surinen, who inhabited the area at the time of European contact. [18] The suffix -ame, common in Surinamese river and place names (see also the Coppename River), may come from aima or eima, meaning river or creek mouth, in Lokono, an Arawak language spoken in the country.
PARAMARIBO (Reuters) -Suriname's fugitive former President Desi Bouterse has died aged 79, the country's government said on Wednesday, almost a year after he fled authorities to avoid jail ...