Author: Monique Pool

A Very Special Animal: the Sloth

Ruben Leter and his colleague student Bregje Bouma from the School for Journalism in Utrecht, the Netherlands, visited us just before we are moving. For the TV program NOON, which is broadcast every Friday on RTV Utrecht, 10 students from this school travelled to Suriname for two weeks to make two episodes. We were very […]

Travel tip: Watching sloths in Suriname (cuddling not allowed)

30 June 2017, 15:00 Monique Pool Photo Marcel Wogram https://www.volkskrant.nl/beter-leven/reistip-bekijk-de-luiaard-van-dichtbij-in-suriname- knuffelen-mag-helaas-niet~b324d738/ Few animals are as cute as a sloth. You wouldn’t think it, if you see the slow mammal hanging on a branch, but once the sloth looks at you – with his beady eyes and panda smile – you are done for. In the […]

Environmental Organizations oppose beach sand mining at Braamspunt

WWF, CI Suriname, Green Heritage Fund Suriname and the SHATA are seriously concerned about the fact that the government once again gave permission to mine sand at Braamspunt. Braamspunt has become an important nesting beach for sea turtles for several years now and is a tourist attraction. In addition, Braamspunt is important as coastal defense of Paramaribo North […]

In 2050 more Plastic in the Ocean than Fish

Paramaribo – Thursday June 8th is World Oceans Day, a fact that Green Heritage Fund Suriname (GHFS) will commemorate with the recent film ‘A Plastic Ocean’. The work of the foundation these days is all within the framework of the ocean with the expo of the book with the same name “The Sea of ​​Suriname”  travelling through […]

The Sea of Suriname

“Suriname is one of the greenest countries in the world and we must protect and conserve our green country”, you may have heard this statement, but Suriname does not only consist of forests and rivers that need to be protected and preserved. What about the ‘blue’ that lies in front of our coast? As a child or […]

Suriname vota nuevamente a favor de la caza de ballenas

Bloguero invitado: Julian Pengel Japón, nación de ballenas número uno del mundo, alguna vez ha afirmado a través de uno de sus IWC representantes que las ballenas por su consumo de 500.000.000 toneladas anual de biomasa, son una amenaza mundial para la pesca comercial, la cual extrae anualmente solo 100.000.000 toneladas de los mares. ¿Esta […]

Download the Green Heritage Fund Suriname App

Always the first to get the latest news from Green Heritage Fund Suriname with our app! Download the app from the Apple store of Google play, you will receive notifications in the form of a sloth icon on your telephone or tablet each time we make a post on our website. App A sloth baby born, […]