Suriname: The Green Heart of South America

Suriname’s rainforest and coastline are teeming with colourful wildlife. Pink river dolphins, giant otters, snakes, squirrel monkeys, iguanas and sloths inhabit this little-known jungle nation with its dynamic 400-kilometre-long mudflat coastline on the Atlantic Ocean, which is constantly changing. One of the world’s largest reservoirs, the Brokopondo, was created in the 1960s. An entire forest was flooded and submerged here. The people were resettled and now work in gold mining areas, as well as in the deforestation of the rainforest. As a result, some animal species are under threat. Many environmental and natural scientists are attempting to restore and preserve the ecological balance