DPI, GUYANA, Tuesday, August 08, 2017 The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has received funding from Norway to continue with the second phase of the Guyana REDD+ Monitoring Reporting & Verification System (MRVS). The first tranche of the US$6.63M funding has been released by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)…
DPI, GUYANA, Wednesday, July 26, 2017 The forestry sector brought in an estimated US$19M in the first half of 2017. Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, explained to the Department of Public Information (DPI) that the sector “is going relatively well and we are on target to bring in good…
Guyana has made significant progress towards concluding a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the European Union (EU), after completing a key milestone in the FLEGT VPA negotiation process. Known as Field Testing, this phase enabled stakeholders to evaluate progress and make recommendations for the successful completion of the VPA negotiations.…
GINA, GUYANA, Monday, May 15, 2017 The first phase of the government’s housing initiative is expected to provide lumber producers with a chance to maximise the promotion of lesser used species (LUS) of timber on the local market. Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman today, noted that the initial housing…