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Wowetta
Wowetta is an indigenous village in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region in Guyana inhabited by mostly Macushi people. The Village has a population of 312 and 58 households according to 2006 census. The village got its meaning as “Soft out” that dates back to historic time. The people depends entirely on subsistence farming and use of natural resources to sustain their livelihood. The men predominately go hunting, fishing, and gather non-timber forest products for their families on a seasonal basis.
== Geography ==
Wowetta is surrounded by the Pakaraima Mountains and Makarapan Mountain to the east, range of the Kunuku Mountains that divides the Rupununi savannahs into two halves, namely the North Rupununi Savannahs that is predominantly occupied by the Makushi's and South Rupununi Savannahs that is occupied by the Wapishinas and the Wai Wai's. The village is also surrounded by Pristine Tropical rainforest and is one of the villages that border the Iwokrama International Rainforest Protected area. The people of the North Rupununi have all rights to continue their traditional rights, such as hunting as well as gathering non-timber forest Products in the Protected area. There is a signed Community Management Agreement (CMA) between Iwokrama and a standing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to be signed with the North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB). Additionally, the villages’ benefits from a 15% paid to the NRDDB as forest users’ fee that is used for the further development of the various villages that surrounds that area. As such Wowetta is a member of the North Rupununi District Development Board that is bisected by the Georgetown to Lethem highway.
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