The COBRA project is an initiative that was created to better understand the impacts of new global policies at the local level in a region of the world known as the Guiana Shield. What is unique about this project is that it will attempt to understand the impact of these policies from the perspective of the many communities and individuals who call this region their home. It will empower them to make recommendations, based on their own understandings and observations, which will be used to create future global policies in the area of Ecosystem Services.