AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoAI for Business: Suriname’s first AI Summit put small businesses in focus, with Minister Andrew Baasaron urging local firms to use AI to boost productivity—and Suriname to build its own digital products, not just import technology. Forest Monitoring: Guyana is developing a nationwide biodiversity system using AI and low-cost tools to track ecosystems beneath the canopy, while keeping environmental data under local control. Rainforest Research: Saamaka communities are using satellite technology to defend their forest, as archaeological research highlights Indigenous stewardship’s role in conservation. Tropical Medicine: Saint James School of Medicine is training students in Suriname’s rainforest and frontline clinics to identify tropical diseases as changing climates expand the reach of disease-carrying mosquitoes.
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