2016 – Guyana Forestry Commission

Regional Seminar held to share lessons on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnerships Agreements (FLEGT VPA) in support of the legal trade in timber

A regional seminar on “Sharing Regional Lessons on FLEGT VPA processes: Transitioning from Negotiations to Implementation” was held from 28-29 September 2016 at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana. This seminar was convened to share experiences and lessons learned around the processes of Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) with the European…

GFC to repossess forest concessions from BaiShanlin International Forest Development Inc. logging company.

Georgetown, Guyana – The Guyana Forestry Commission will be moving to repossess concessions currently being held by Baishanlin International Forest Development Inc. (BIFDI). BIFDI was incorporated in September 2006 under the Guyana Companies Act 1991 with the main objective of timber harvesting and establishing downstream wood processing operations in Linden.…

EU/FAO supports small loggers in improving compliance with forests Laws of Guyana

The Forestry Training Centre Incorporated (FTCI) in collaboration with the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) recently met with stakeholders to bring a closure to the EU/FAO project titled “Develop a pilot timber harvesting and forest monitoring model for small loggers associations to improve compliance with the forest laws and agreed forest management prescriptions…

Government committed to continuing climate agreement with Norway

Georgetown, Guyana – (January 28, 2016) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon and Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Raphael Trotman, today, met with a delegation from the Kingdom of Norway to discuss the way forward with regard to the Guyana-Norway agreement for avoided deforestation. The Norwegian delegation was led by…