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News channel or source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/health/paraquat-pesticides-suicide-suriname.html
Published on: Monday 09 June 2025
Pesticides are a leading means of suicide. The tiny nation of Suriname is working to restrict access to one of the most common and dangerous ones. Rice harvesting in Nickerie, Suriname, where paraquat ...
News Suriname » Nickerie » Trade: Staatsolie offers Nickerie and Commewijne onshore blocks
News channel or source: https://www.upstreamonline.com/weekly/staatsolie-offers-nickerie-and-commewijne-onshore-blocks/1-1-998909
Published on: Thursday 11 September 2014
The state-owned company and market regulator has made available to contractors the Nickerie and Commewijne blocks, located near the Calcutta and Tambaredjo fields, currently producing a combined ...
News Suriname » Nickerie » Trade: Another controversial land deal in Suriname threatens the Amazon Rainforest
News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/another-controversial-land-deal-in-suriname-threatens-the-amazon-rainforest/
Published on: Tuesday 10 February 2026
Critics in Suriname are speaking out against plans to develop 113,465 hectares (280,378 acres) of rainforest for industrial agriculture in the district of Nickerie. The plans come from a 2024 ...