Rene Edwards

Technical Director, Conservation Internation - Guy
Georgetown, Guyana

René has over 20 years experience designing and implementing conservation and development programs and projects. Including, managing a sustainable livelihoods project in the Rupununi region; leading a long-term community planning and resource management initiative in Indigenous communities in Guyana and leading the CI-Guyana responsible mining initiative, with is aimed at fostering greater responsibility and sustainability in the artisanal, small and medium scale gold mining sector. He has also supported the design and delivery of multi-stakeholder consultation processes providing feedback and advice to a major, province-wide, transit policy initiative in Ontario, Canada as well as a significant urban re-naturalization project in the City of Toronto. René has a bachelor’s degree in Conservation and Environmental Studies from York University, Canada and a master’s degree in Local and Regional Development from the Institute of Social Studies in The Netherlands.
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Rene Edwards