Up to December 31 last year, Norway had not deposited the US$45 million that Guyana had qualified for in 2012 under the two countries’ forests protection plan, according to the latest report from the World Bank.
Norway late last year had announced that it will contribute US$45 million to the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) bringing the total contributions from Oslo under the Norway-Guyana climate and forest partnership to a total of US$115 million since 2009. Former Minister of the Environment and International Development of Norway, Erik Solheim had said that