Fund launched to protect Guyana's forests – in pictures
An aerial view of Iwokrama rainforest reserve in GuyanaPhotograph: Pete Oxford/iLCP/Conservation InternationalThe majestic Kaieteur Falls over Potaro River creates stunning landscape views of the rainforestPhotograph: John Martin/Conservation InternationalA boy from Yupukari village, home to Macushi people, jumps across shallow waters in the riverPhotograph: Pete Oxford/iLCP/Conservation International
A giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) strolls in the tall grass of Karanambu Lodge in Rupununi area of GuyanaPhotograph: Pete Oxford/iLCP/Conservation InternationalA giant Amazon water lily (Victoria amazonica), the largest lily in the world, floats in the permanent freshwater ponds of Rupununi savannahPhotograph: Pete Oxford/iLCP/Conservation InternationalA giant leaf frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) in the Iwokrama rainforest reservePhotograph: Pete Oxford/iLCP/Conservation InternationalA Macushi boy plays with a giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)Photograph: Pete Oxford/iLCP/Conservation InternationalThe Macushi people living in Iwokrama reserve weave split cane to make artefacts and other household objectsPhotograph: Pete Oxford/iLCP/Conservation International
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