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[TEMP] Parika Waterfront Green-Grey Demonstration

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Category Green-Grey Infrastructure
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Region Region 3
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Location Parika Waterfront, Essequibo Coast, Region 3
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Start Date June 30, 2025
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End Date March 22, 2027
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Area 5.25 hectares
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Status Active
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Created By James Thompson
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Created January 16, 2026
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Tourists kayaking through mangrove channels
person Author: James Thompson
calendar_today Published: June 30, 2025
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Coastal Protection Ecotourism Sea Defense

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Project Objectives

Demonstrate the effectiveness of green-grey approaches at the Parika stelling and waterfront area.

  • Install living shoreline structures
  • Plant mangroves in protected areas behind breakwaters
  • Monitor sediment dynamics and vegetation establishment

Beneficiaries

Ferry passengers, vendors, and residents of Parika and surrounding communities.

Project Photos

Plastic pollution in coastal mangrove area

[TEMP] Pollution in Coastal Waters

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Concrete sea wall along coastline

[TEMP] Sea Wall Construction

Cleared mangrove area showing stumps and degraded land

[TEMP] Deforested Mangrove Area

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Project Videos

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[TEMP] Mangrove Aerial Survey

[TEMP] The Importance of Mangroves
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[TEMP] The Importance of Mangroves

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