A Norwegian team was expected in Guyana yesterday as Oslo presses Georgetown to work on several aspects of the forests partnership between the two countries including a move to renewable energy.
In a statement last week, the Ministry of Natural Resources announced that government is preparing to host a technical team from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, and Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative, from April 26 to May 4. The focus of the visit is to work with the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Office of Climate Change, the Project Management Office, the Guyana Forestry Commission and other stakeholders to improve capacity in executing the Joint Concept Note and taking advantage of REDD+ opportunities, the ministry said.
Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which was signed in 2009, Guyana could earn up to US$250 million in performance-based payments up to last year, based on an independent verification of Guyana’s deforestation and forest degradation rates and progress on REDD+ enabling activities.