22/05/2026
For decades, Indigenous communities in the Guianas, with the support and guidance of Amazon Conservation Team - Guianas, have worked to preserve and share their knowledge of plants, animals, fungi, and forests, in their own languages and from their own perspectives.
What began with handwritten Indigenous names in field guides during visits to villages across Suriname has grown into a digital cross- cultural biodiversity database documenting names of flora and fauna in Trio, Wayana, local Surinamese languages, and scientific names, alongside photographs and other information.
This World Biodiversity Day, we are proud to re-launch the updated Biodiversity of the Guianas database, a freely accessible, community-driven platform that continues to grow as new species, photographs, and knowledge are added.
As this database remains an ongoing effort, we warmly welcome contributions of names, photographs, and knowledge from communities, researchers, and partners.
Explore the database:
https://biodb.act-suriname.org/