Protected Areas Act 2011 (No. 14 of 2011). Country/Territory Guyana Document type Legislation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Guyana. Long titleAn Act to provide for the protection and conservation of Guyana's natural heritage and natural capital e creation, management and financing of a national system of protected areas; the maintenance ecosystem services of national and global importance including climate regulation; the establishment of a protected areas commission; the establishment and management of a protected areas trust fund; the fulfillment of Guyana's international environmental responsibilities; public participation in protected areas and conservation; and related purposes. Subject Environment gen., Land & soil, Water, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Ecosystem preservation Climate change Environmental planning Policy/planning Land-use planning Indigenous peoples Traditional rights/customary rights Sustainable development Basic legislation Management/conservation Protected area National parks Institution Marine protected areas Hunting/capture Community management Protection of environment Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States, South America Abstract This Act provides for the establishment of the Protected Areas Commission, the Protected Areas Trust and a Trust Fund and empowers the Minister to declare national protected areas. It applies to the territorial sea, exclusive economic zone, fishery zone and continental shelf as defined in the Maritime Zones Act 2010. The Act also provides with respect to the National Protected Areas System and allows village councils to apply to the Commission for village lands or any part thereof to be recognised as an Amerindian protected area. The Act also provides with respect to management of protected areas. The main objective of the Act is the conservation of biological diversity, natural landscapes, seascapes and wetlands and ecosystem preservation. The Act sets out principles of ecologically sustainable development. Full text English Website www.legalaffairs.gov.gy References - Legislation Amends National Parks Commission Act (Cap. 20:06). Legislation | Guyana | 1977 (1994) Keyword: Protected area, National parks, Institution, Management/conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Declaration of Kanashen Village as an Amerindian Protected Area. Legislation | Guyana | 2017 Keyword: Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge, Community management, Indigenous peoples, Protected area Source: FAO, FAOLEX